Second Lieutenant Bartholomew James Stubbs
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- Appointment
- Australian Army 1917 Western Front
- Service number
- Commissioned
- Unit
- 51 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Belgium
- Date of death
- 26 September 1917
- Age
- 46
- Plaque number
- M463
- Co-located plaques
- M463A - CPL Horace Allen
- M463B - CPL James Jones
- Dedicated by
- His wife on 3 August 1919
- More information
Second Lieutenant Bartholomew James Stubbs (1872-1917, born Bendigo, Victoria) enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Perth, Western Australia, on 14 February 1916 and was trained at Blackboy Hill (Greenmount), Western Australia. On 8 August 1916, he was assigned to 8th Reinforcements 51st Australian Infantry Battalion and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He embarked for the Western Front on 23 December 1916 and received further training in England before joining the Battalion in the field on 3 July 1917. On 26 September 1917, he was killed in action by a rifle bullet during the Battle of Polygon Wood (26 September 1917-3 October 1917). He was buried in the field but later the grave was unable to be located.
Lieutenant Stubbs has no known grave and his official memorial is the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, where his name is shown on Panel 29. His Roll of Honour is Subiaco, Western Australia.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by his wife on 3 August 1919. He is the son of William Pardy Stubbs (1848-1911) and Catherine Stubbs (nee Farrell) (1850-1922) and husband of Alice Maud Stubbs (nee Rewell) (1863-1954) of Subiaco, Western Australia. He is the step-grandfather of Corporal James Brian Jones (died of injuries) and is related to Corporal Horace Beresford Allen (killed in action).
He was concurrently the Member for Subiaco in the Legislative Assembly of the Western Australian Parliament, having been first elected on 3 October 1911.
Second Lieutenant Stubbs is remembered with honour.