JARVIS, Arnold
| Service Number: | 1158 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sevenoaks, Kent, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Lady Boswell Endowed Elementary School |
| Occupation: | Nurseryman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers Special Memorial 7, Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1158, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1158, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Private Jarvis, Service Number 1158. “A” Company, 14th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. He was 25 and the son of Stephen Jarvis of 1, Lime Tree Walk, Sevenoaks, Kent, and the late Elizabeth Jarvis. Birth registration:
Births Sep 1891 Jarvis Arnold Sevenoaks 2a 661
Arnold was educated at the Lady Boswell Endowed Elementary School, London Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, and at Sevenoaks he had been an active member of the Church Lads Brigade. Aged 21, Arnold emigrated to Australia and prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 October 1914, he had been employed working on a plantation working as a Nurseryman. Whilst serving at Gallipoli Arnold had been wounded four times. On 22 December 1914, Arnold embarked at Melbourne on board the 14499 ton China Mutual Steam Navigation Co (London) requisitioned Australian Troopship H.M.A.T. Ulysses (A38).
Killed in Action.
INSCRIPTION ON SPECIAL MEMORIAL:
THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
Commemorated on the Kippington War Memorial in Kent and on the Australian National Memorial. Panel 73.
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