[3] Which bore the following citation: On 5 June 1879 in South Africa, Surgeon Major Hartley attended the wounded under fire at the unsuccessful attack at Morosi's Mountain.

From an exposed position, on open ground, he carried in his arms a wounded corporal of the Cape Mounted Riflemen.

The surgeon major then returned under severe enemy fire in order to dress the wounds of the other men of the storming party.

[4] Hartley continued his service as the principal medical officer of the Cape troops during the subsequent Basuto Gun War.

[3] He later achieved the rank of surgeon colonel and, in March 1900 during the Second Boer War fighting at Aliwal, he is mentioned doing ambulance work, ferrying away the wounded under fire.