JARVIS, Henry Thomas
| Service Number: | 1783 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Hanningfield, Essex, England , 10 February 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Femoral Aneurysm and Syncope, Guy’s Hospital, London, England, 6 December 1919, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Hanningfield (Ss. Mary and Edward) Churchyard St. Mary & St. Edward’s Churchyard, West Hanningfield, Essex, England In South-East corner. |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1783, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1783, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Casualty of The Great War, Henry was serving with the 11th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.,(Service No. 1783) when he died. He was a son of Fanny Jarvis, of The Old School House, West Hanningfield, Chelmsford,Essex England, and the late Thomas Jarvis.He was 29.
His brother, 32 year old Private Alfred Henry Jarvis also served with the same regiment and he fell at Gallipoli on August 6th 1915.Alfred is commemorated on the churchyard War Memorial.
Civil Registration:
Births Mar 1890
Jarvis Henry Thomas Chelmsford 4a 453
Deaths Dec 1919
Jarvis Henry T 29 Southwark 1d 35
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Henry Thomas Jarvis was born on 10th February, 1890 at West Hanningfield, Essex, England to parents Thomas & Fanny Jarvis (nee March). He was baptised at West Hanningfield on 30th March, 1890.
Thomas Jarvis, father of Henry Thomas Jarvis, died in October, 1900.
A “Henry T. Jarvis, Farm Labourer, aged 22” was listed as a passenger on Orama, which departed from the port of London, England on 14th February, 1913, bound for Fremantle, Western Australia.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 11th January, 1915 as a 25 year old, single, Labourer from Rockton Road, Claremont, Western Australia
Private Henry Thomas Jarvis, Service number 1783, embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 19th April, 1915 with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements & disembarked on 13th May, 1915.
He was taken on strength of 11th Battalion (A. Coy) from 4th Reinforcements on 4th June, 1915 at the Dardanelles.
On 24th August, 1915 Private Jarvis report sick & was admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance on 25th August, 1915 with Flu then transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station on 25th August, 1915. Private Jarvis was admitted to Hospital at Malta on 27th August, 1915. He was listed for transfer to England on 28th August, 1915 then transferred to Hospital Ship Ascania on 31st August, 1915. Private Jarvis was transferred instead to Military Hospital at Cottonera, Malta on 20th October, 1915. He was transferred to Hospital Ship Brasile on 25th October, 1915 & embarked for England from Malta on 26th October, 1915.
Private Jarvis was admitted to Military Hospital at Fulham, London, England, He was admitted to 2nd Birmingham War Hospital on 1st November, 1915 with Enteric & was discharged on 7th January, 1916.
He was transferred from Abbey Wood to Monte Video, Weymouth on 11th March, 1916.
On 4th December, 1916 Private Jarvis proceeded overseas on SS Princess Victoria from 3rd Training Battalion. He joined 1st A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples, France on 5th December, 1916. Private Jarvis was marched out to his Battalion on 22nd December, 1916 & rejoined his Battalion in France on 26th December, 1916.
He was awarded 3 days’ F.P. No. 2 (Field Punishment) on 27th January, 1917 for falling out of line on March without permission.
Private Henry Thomas Jarvis was reported as Missing in action in France on 16th April, 1917. He had been captured as a Prisoner of War on 15th April, 1917.
According to details recorded on the German Prisoner of War Camp form – Private Henry Thomas Jarvis was captured at Boursies & interred at Limburg Camp, Lahn.
On 27th November, 1918 Private Jarvis was despatched for Calais, France from Ludres. He was repatriated & arrived at Dover, England on 2nd December, 1918.
He was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force being demobilised in London, England on 16th April, 1919, having served for 4 years & 96 days.
Private Henry Thomas Jarvis died on 6th December, 1919 at Guy’s Hospital, London, England. The Death Certificate recorded the cause of death as Femoral Aneurysm and Syncope. (With thanks to Sandra Playle for information).
He was buried in St. Mary & St. Edward’s Churchyard, West Hanningfield, Essex, England (south-east corner) and has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
Private H. T. Jarvis is not commemorated on the Roll of Honour, located in the Hall of Memory Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia. However, his brother Private A. H. Jarvis, is commemorated on the Roll of Honour – Panel 62. To be eligible for the Roll of Honour an individual had to have died during service as a member of a military unit.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/west-hanningfield.html
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