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JARRAD, Horace Eldred
| Service Number: | 6410 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Mt Gambier, South Australia, December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Monoline Operator |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6410, 3rd Field Company Engineers, at Adelaide | |
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| 20 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6410, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6410, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 6410 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Horace E. Jarrad was one of the many brave souls to serve in World War 1. At the age of 20, he submitted his enrolement form to join the war on the 15th of September, 1915, just over a year after the war had begun. Horace Jarrad was born in Mt. Gambier, South Australia in 1894 and later wedded Agnes Violet (later Agnes Jarrad). Sometime through this marriage, he had 2 children. Prior to enlisting, Horace worked as a monolinar operator.
The mandatory medical examination he underwent describes him as a 5'4½", 132lb male with tan skin, brown hair and blue eyes.
In World War 1, Horace E. Jarrad served in the 3rd Field Company Engineers as a sapper. The objective of the 3rd Field Company Engineers was to maintain and map positions, provide information about the enemy and perform other minute tasks. He, along with the rest of his unit, were stationed at Tel-El-Kabir Military Base in Egypt. There, his unit would move to Alexandria as a group. Horace himself would go on leave to the UK, returning to France with the rest of his unit when he was ready.
In 1918, Horace spent a large amount of time in England (from February to August) and then returned France. He would remain in France until the end of the war. He returned to Australia on the 5th of May, 1919. The latest military document relating to Horace E. Jarrad is a medical record request in 1962, meaning that Horace survived both the first and second world war.