TARRAN, Harry Ernest
| Service Number: | 7308 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 30 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newtown School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Workshop Shopboy |
| Died: | Illness, France, 2 December 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket Loco Turning and Machine Shop Roll of Honor, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7308, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 7308, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Apr 1917: | Embarked Private, 7308, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Harry Ernest TARRAN was born on 30th August 1898 at Newtown in Sydney. He went to school at Newtown as well. His parents were James and Charlotte Harriett Tarran,. Their family home was in Charles St, Enmore, in Sydney.
On 18th November 1915 he started work with the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a shop boy (temporary) in the Locomotive Branch based at Eveleigh. His record card carries the annotation ‘Remained loyal during strike – August 1917’.
Harry joined the AIF on 19th February 1917 and was posted to the 24th Reinforcements to the 4th Infantry Battalion with the rank of Private (Service Number 7308). He nominated his father as his next of kin. He embarked aboard HMAT ‘Suffolk’ A23 at Sydney for England on 24th April 1917 and disembarked at Plymouth on 17th August 1917. After disembarkation he proceeded directly to the 1st Training Battalion at Durrington. From 25th February 1918 to 5th April 1918 he attended a course of instruction at the 1st Training Brigade Signal School at Durrington. He qualified as a 1st Class Signaller. Sometime after completing this course he went to No. 4 Camp at Sutton. Onl 22nd July 1918 he left England for France. He marched in to the Australian Infantry Base Depot at Le Havre on 24th July 1918 before proceeding to his unit on 26th July 1918. He was taken on strength of the 4th Infantry Battalion on 28th July 1918.
After he joined, the Battalion participated in the offensive which was launched east of Amiens on 8th August 1918, the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front. The Battalion continued operations until late September 1918. On 23rd September 1918, Harry was detached to the 1st Infantry Brigade for duty, returning to his unit on 5th October 1918. On 24th November 1918 he was evacuated, sick, to hospital. He was admitted to the 1st Australian Field Ambulance with Influenza on 25th November 1918 and transferred to the 5th Casualty Clearing Station on the same day.
On 28th November 1918 he was transferred to the 47th Casualty Clearing Station dangerously ill with broncho-pneumonia. He died there on 2nd December 1918.
Harry’s grave is in Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery, Maubeuge, Avesnes sur Helpe, Nord Pas de Calais, France. His place of association is Enmore, Sydney, NSW.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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