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TARRANT, Albert Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3598 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Lefroy, Tasmania, Australia, 22 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Lefroy, George Town, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Lefroy State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, George Town Municipality Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3598, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3598, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3598, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 3598, 13th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3598 awm_unit: 13th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother 57 Lance Corporal Alfred Ernest Tarrant 12th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Shrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, 11 November 1915, aged 21.
They were the sons of Alfred and Caroline Tarrant, of Lefroy, Tasmania.
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