JARROTT, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 912 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Company Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moyhu, Victoria, Australia , January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Moyhu, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wangaratta State Schoo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Myrrhee HB1, Myrrhee State School Pictorial HB, Oxley War Memorial, Wangaratta High School Roll of Honor, Wangaratta High School War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 912, Wangaratta, Victoria | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 912, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 912, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 912, 37th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...912 Sergeant (later Company Sergeant Major) William Thomas Jarrott, 37th Battalion of Wangaratta, Victoria. A teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Persic (A34) on 3 June 1916. It is believed, he was killed in action on 7 June 1917 during the battle of Messines, Belgium, aged 21. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Quartermaster-Sergeant William Jarrott, formerly a junior teacher at School No. 643, Wangaratta, was the son of Mr. Thomas Jarrott, of Myrrhee.
After completing his elementary-school course, he attended the Wangaratta High School, and then became a junior teacher at Myrtleford. The head teacher at Myrtleford describes him as a young man of sound common sense and good judgment, earnest in his work, of fine physique and manly bearing, deservedly respected for his blameless life.
He enlisted on the 11th of January, 1916, and embarked as a Sergeant with the 37th Battalion on the transport Persic on the 3rd of June, 1916. After training in England, he went with his unit to France on the 22nd of November, 1916, and was killed on the 9th of June, 1917."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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