39th Battalion
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Henry Cartledge (SN 1802) born in Ballarat, was a married 29 year old miner when he enlisted in Tasmania on December 8th1915. He embarked aboard the Orontes on August 16th1916 and sailed to England. In November he reached France to serve with the 39th Infantry Battalion. In July 1917 he received a severe gunshot wound to his left arm and was evacuated to England. He was then returned to Australia aboard the Ulysses and disembarked at Melbourne on November 13th before being discharged ‘medically unfit’ on December 28th.
