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JARVEY, Francis Oscar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6277 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor mechanic |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6277, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6277, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6277, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Francis Oscar Jarvey was the son of Frank Charles and Rachel Jarvey of Paddington, New South Wales.
Francis joined the 13th Battalion in France on 2 April 1917. He was captured by the Germans nine days later, during the disastrous first Battle of Bullecourt on 11 April 1917. At that stage he was unaware that his father, 476 Corporal Frank Charles Jarvey 36th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action only weeks earlier on 13 March 1917, aged 45.
Francis was eventually repatriated to England in late 1918 and returned to Australia during March 1919.