| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RELAWM16059.003 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Uniform |
| Physical description | Cotton tape, Cotton twill, Leather, Linen, Plastic, Superfine wool, Wool twill |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c 1899 |
| Conflict |
Period 1900-1909 Australian Colonial Forces, 1854-1900 |
Trousers: Brevet Lieutenant Colonel C H Bartlett, New South Wales Headquarters Staff
Description
Dark blue worsted wool twill trousers with wide scarlet superfine wool stripe extending down each side seam. Slanted welt pockets at each front lined with cream cotton twill. Plastic buttoned waist and fly with extended tab at waist edge. Waist and tab edge trimmed with cotton twill tape. Straight trouser legs are longer at the ankles with leather instep strap buttoned to each side of the trouser leg with two plastic buttons. Waist lined with striped cotton twill and linen.
History / Summary
Trousers worn by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Bartlett probably from 1899 onwards. Charles Henry Falkner Hope Bartlett was born in 1 August 1853 at Broadwater Station, near Maitland in NSW. His first military appointment was as a lieutenant in the East Maitland Company of the Northern Battalion, NSW Volunteer Force in 1872. In March 1875 he was promoted to captain. He reverted to the rank of lieutenant in 1878 when his corps were amalgamated but was promoted again to captain in 1880. Bartlett resigned in 1883 when he took up an appointment as adjutant in the NSW Permanent Military Forces. In 1885 he went to the Sudan as adjutant with the New South Wales Infantry Contingent to the campaign. He took part in the advance on Tamai and was Mentioned in Despatches. He received the Egypt medal with clasp 'Suakin 1885' and the Khedive's Star. In 1887 Bartlett went to England where he underwent training in musketry and in the operation of Gardiner and Nordenfeldt guns. After his return to Australia Bartlett was promoted to major in 1887. He was deputy assistant adjutant general on the NSW Headquarters staff from 1893 to 1895. He received a promotion as brevet lieutenant colonel in 1899 and was appointed to the administrative and instructional staff of the 3rd and 4th Regiments in 1902. In 1906 he became assistant adjutant general and chief staff officer with the Commonwealth Military Forces where he was recommended for promotion to Colonel. Bartlett was appointed aide-de-camp to the governor-general, the Earl of Dudley, in 1909 and retired as a colonel on 1 April 1912. He died on 17 June 1916 at Woolahra, Sydney.