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YARROW, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2221 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 September 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | West End, Queensland, 12 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 16 July 1969, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Location: Columbarium 10, Section: Section 20 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2221, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 3 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2221, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2221, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 4 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps School (AIF), Transferred for a period of 8 months | |
| 11 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2221, 5th Pioneer Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'PERSONAL.
Mrs. F. T. Yarrow, of Hawthorn, has been notified by the military authorities that her son, Private S. Yarrow, 5th Pioneers, is returning to Australia on the Euripides, which is expected to arrive in Melbourne about the middle of next month. Private Yarrow has been on active service since 1915.' from The Daily Mail 28 Mar 1919 (nla.gov.au)
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