Bartimeaus Robertshaw
| First name | Bartimeaus |
|---|---|
| Last name | Robertshaw |
| Country of Origin | England |
| Date of Birth | 1892 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | unknown |
| Submitted by | Frances Rees |
Story
This is the sad story of Bartimeaus Robertshaw 1892-1915
My great-grandfather was Joseph Bartimeaus Robertshaw 1860 Ð 1895; he died in Bradford at the young age of 35 years, and leaving his wife Mary with three young children. She remarried a Mr. Hutchinson according to the 1901 census and started their own family.
My grandfather was Joseph, his brother Bartimeaus they also had a sister Ivy Robertshaw.
Joseph and Bartimeaus came out to Australia looking for a better life, I am not sure of their date of arrival.
They both joined the Australian Infantry Force and were obviously happy to become a naturalized Australians and fight for their new country.
Very sadly Bartimeaus was killed in Gallipoli on the 25/04/1915, he was one of the Anzac\’s and I never even knew anything about him, my father may not have even known about him either as he never made mention of him. My father Joseph Bartimeaus 1916 – 1961 died at the age of 45 and his family has all gone now.
I was first made aware of Bartimeaus when I was tracing my father\’s family through the military history, and then a friend who is also tracing my family found more information about him.
He joined the services as Bartimas Hutchinson but the information shows that they knew of his actual birth name. Some spelling and information is incorrect, but he was Bartimeaus Robertshaw and his Mother was Mary Ellen nee Jackson.
He is listed among the dead at ‘Lone Pine’ as:-
Private BARTIMAS ROBERTSHAW 545, 7th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Who died age 22 on 25th April 1915. Son of Joseph Bartimas Robertshaw and Mary Helen Robertshaw. Native of Bradford, York\’s., England. Commemorated in perpetuity, by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Grave 29.
He never even had a chance to start a new life.
I am now mourning his loss.
‘I know I would have loved you Great Uncle Bartimeaus am very proud of your great sacrifice.’
Frances Ann (nee Robertshaw) Rees