JARVIS, Alfred Edward
| Service Number: | 4524 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Apsley, Tasmania, Australia, 11 March 1898 |
| Home Town: | New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 8 June 1964, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4524, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4524, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4524, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Wounded 4524, G.S.W to Left Knee - Severe Returned to Australia 27 Aug 1917 Discharged 4 Dec.1917 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The youngest brother in the Jarvis family, 4524 Alfred Edward Jarvis also enlisted in the 12th battalion during June 1915, at only 18 years of age, and he reached Egypt in time to transfer to the 52nd Battalion the same day as his Gallipoli veteran brother, Henry Jarvis. He was with the 52nd Battalion at Mouquet Farm when his brother was killed and he fought continuously on the Western Front for another 9 months until he was shot through the left knee at Messines on the 9 June 1917. The wound was serious and he was evacuated to England and the returned to Australia on the 27 August 1917.
Brothers: 161 Pte Richard George Jarvis, 12th Bn, killed in action, 2 May 1915,
1612 Pte Henry Thomas Jarvis, 52nd Bn, killed in action, 4 September 1916,
984 Pte Roy William Jarvis MM, 40th Battalion AIF returned to Australia, 26 July 1919.
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