JARVIS, Albert
| Service Number: | 15640 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Lynmouth, North Devon, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, France, 12 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
London Rifle Brigade Cemetery Grave IV. B. 10. INSCRIPTION FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SLEEPING , London Rifle Brigade Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium, Nieppe Communal Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 15640, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 15640, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 15640, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15640 awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-06-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of John and Sarah Ann Jarvis; husband of Mrs G. Richards (formerly Jarvis) of Seabreeze Cottage, Lynmouth, Devon.
Births Mar 1886 Jarvis Albert Barnstaple 5b 476
Marriages Mar 1917
BERRY Gwendoline Jarvis Barnstaple 5b 753
Jarvis Albert Berry Barnstaple 5b 753
His brother also fell while serving with British forces; he was Private 14163 Richard Francis Jarvis, 2nd Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Originally served as Private 18159, Devonshire Regiment. He died on the 26th May 1916 aged 24, and is buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.
Both are commemorated on the Lynton & Lynmouth War Memorial
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