Henry George JARMAN

JARMAN, Henry George

Service Number: 15676
Enlisted: 17 July 1916
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Born: Redfern, New South Wales, Australia, 1899
Home Town: Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wireless operator
Died: General Tuberculosis with Meningitis, Section 3 Reading War Hospital, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, 23 May 1918
Cemetery: Reading Cemetery, England
Those buried in Plot 72 & buried in other parts of the cemetery that do not have headstones marking their graves are named on the Memorial Screen Wall located near the Cross of Sacrifice. Their deaths are still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission., Reading Cemetery, Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 15676, 1st Divisional Signal Company
25 Oct 1916: Involvement Sapper, 15676, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916: Embarked Sapper, 15676, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
23 May 1918: Involvement Sapper, 15676, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15676 awm_unit: 5th Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-05-23

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK

Died on this date - 23rd May.......Sapper Henry George Jarman was born in Redfern, Sydney, NSW in 1899. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 21st June, 1916 stating he was an 18 year old, Wireless Operator from Redfern. His actual age was 17 years.

Sapper Jarman embarked from Sydney, NSW on 25th October, 1916 & disembarked at Devonport, England on 28th December, 1916. He was posted to Engineers Training Depot (Signal Section) at Perham Downs on 22nd January, 1917.

Sapper Jarman was given 168 hours detention on 9th April, 1917 for refusing to obey orders while posted at Wireless Training Centre, Worcester, England.

Sapper Jarman was hospitalised from 23rd July, 1917 & discharged on 22nd August, 1917. He proceeded overseas to France on 8th September, 1917 & was transferred to 5th Divisional Signal Company in France on 26th September, 1917.

Sapper Jarman was on leave to Paris for 8 days & rejoined his Unit on 4th April, 1918.

Sapper Jarman was admitted to 13th Australian Field Ambulance on 4th May, 1918 with Trench Fever. He was invalided to UK & admitted to Reading War Hospital, Berkshire, England on 12th May, 1918 suffering from Trench Fever – severe.

Sapper Henry George Jarman died at 3.50 am on 23rd May, 1918 at Section 3 Reading War Hospital, Berkshire, England. An autopsy was conducted & the cause of death was from General Tuberculosis with Meningitis. He was buried in Reading Cemetery, Reading, Berkshire where 16 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.

Those buried in Plot 72 & buried in other parts of the cemetery that do not have headstones marking their graves are named on the Memorial Screen Wall located near the Cross of Sacrifice. Their deaths are still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/reading.html

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