Eustace John Bartleet
Eustace John Bartleet (1896- )
1937 Bio Note [1]
BARTLEET, Eustace John, Captain, Royal Engineers (retired), Mining Engineer; b. 1896 at Redditch, s. of Ernest Bartleet. B.Sc., Birmingham, 1923; Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1930. Educ.: King Edward VI's High School, New Street, Birmingham, Municipal Technical School, Birmingham, Birmingham University, and School of Metalliferous Mining, Camborne, Cornwall; Railway and road construction and mining with B.E.F., France; Engineering Instructor, Royal Air Force, 1924-27; Technical Teacher, Egyptian Government Service, 1923-24; Surveyor, tin mine, Northern Nigeria, 1927-28; Chief Engineer to H.I.H. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia, in charge of the construction Djimmah Motor Road, Addis Ababa; Manager of the Hakim Warkerne and Fitarauri Deressa Gold and Platinum Concessions, Walega, Western Abyssinia, 1928-30; Taquah and Abosso Mines, Gold Coast, West Africa, 1935-36. Cadet, Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps, 1914; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in H,M, Army, 14th November, 1914; active service, B.E.F., France, 1915-10; Instructor Army School of Engineering, Reading, 1916; Officer in Charge, Pioneer Company, B.E.F., France, 1917-18; First Class Instructor's Certificates in bayonet fighting, physical training, machine gun and anti-gas; passed through the Army Schools of Education at Bedford, Oxford, and Shomcliffe; Education Officer, Army Education Staff, 1918-20; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1930; Parliamentary candidate, Yardley Division, General Election, 1931; travelled extensively in Africa. Publications In the Land of Sheba, 1934; various travel articles in national and local journals. Recreations: Big game hunting, golf and tennis. Address: Elmley," 42, Middleton Hall Road, King's Norton, Birmingham.
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- ↑ 1937-8 Birmingham Year Book