JARVIS, Charles Robert
| Service Numbers: | 2036, N162007 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 1st (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Petersham, NSW, 23 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber Clerk |
| Died: | 24 April 1983, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2036, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement Driver, 2036, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked Driver, 2036, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1942: | Involvement Captain, N162007, 1st (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted Coffs Harbour, NSW | |
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| 25 May 1942: | Enlisted N162007 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert Omega JARVIS and Elizabeth Ann nee JIFFKINS
The Jarvis brothers, Norman and Charles, could have been influenced by their maternal grandfather William Jiffkins who was a a retired professional soldier. Born in England he at the age of 18 he joined the Bucks Militia during the Crimean War, then in the same year signed up with 76th Regiment of Foot. In 1856 he was sent to Nova Scotia. On his return he was sent to The Curragh (Kildare) and Dublin. 1853-1866 he was in New Zealand. After the Maori War he rejoined the 76th Foot. 1867 - 1874 he was in India. He was invalided to England and discharged with a pension. He came to NSW and in 1885 after a short period with the Prisons Dept., joined the instructional staff of the NSW Defence Forces. He had 4 sons, 7 daughters, 22 grandchildren and 10 great-granchildren.
There is an article in Trove (Sunday Times, 22 July 1917, page 22) "The Fighting Blood - a Family of Soldiers" about him and his family. It is accompanied by photos of him, a son Herbert (Harry) Jiffkins, killed in the Gallipoli landing, Allen Jiffkins, Fred Jiffkins, and grandsons Norman and Charles Jarvis. At the time he, William Jiffkins, was living in Holt Avenue Mosman.
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