LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I George Joseph BARTSCHI
Service No: 76184
Born: Sydney NSW, 6 December 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1942 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 3 School of Technical Training, Ultimo NSW
Died: Illness, Sydney NSW, 22 July 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph and Alice Bartschi; husband of Margaret Bartschi, of Brisbane, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood NSW
On 13 July 1942, Aircraftman Class I Bartschi, a Trainee Technician, was admitted to Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, dangerously ill with measles and pneumonia and he died of broncho pneumonia at 0245 hours on 22 July 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/90/331
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line