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JARVIE, Peter Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1583 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1915, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balnarring, Vic., 1880 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brown Hill State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brown Hill State School No 35 Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1583, 21st Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 28 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1583, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1583, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Peter and Isabella Jarvie, of 5, Lane St., Ballarat, East Victoria.
Mrs Jarvie, of Lane street, Ballarat East, has been advised that her son, Pte P. A. Jarvie, has been killed in action in France. He was born in Ballarat East, and educated at the Brown Hill State school. Before enlisting he was in the employ of the Geelong Harbor Trust. He left in June, 1915, for Egypt, and spent about 16 weeks at Gallipoli. He was 37 years of age.