JARVIS, Henry Thomas
| Service Number: | 1612 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia, 12 March 1891 |
| Home Town: | New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 September 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, New Norfolk War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1612, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1612, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1612, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Dec 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton’s dispatches 11/12/1915 | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1612, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1612 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
1612 Private Henry Thomas Jarvis enlisted during December 1914, also in the 12th Battalion and he arrived at Gallipoli a fortnight after his brother, Richard George Jarvis was killed. He was recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal during the fighting near Lone Pine. “For resolute conduct under fire in placing an iron loop hole in position on the exposed parapet on a sap and finishing the work with sand bags under constant rifle fire.” Apparently, the fighting raged at this sap head for over 12 hours. Decorations were scarcely awarded at Gallipoli, mainly because of heavy officer casualties, and Jarvis was only awarded a “Mention in Despatches”. By 4 September he was sent off to Malta with dysentery and then evacuated to England to recover. When he arrived back in Egypt during April 1916, he was transferred to the 12th Battalion sister unit the 52nd Battalion.
Henry Jarvis went missing during the last murderous attack on Mouquet Farm, and was confirmed as killed in action by a Court of Enquiry on the 11 May 1917, 8 months after his death. He was 26 years of age and has no known grave.
His brothers, 161 Pte Richard George JARVIS, 12th Bn, killed in action, 2 May 1915,
4524 Pte Alfred Edward JARVIS, 52nd Bn, returned to Australia, 27 August 1917,
984 Pte Roy William JARVIS MM, 40th Bn, returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.
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