Written on reverse:
To Maudie with best love from
Harry Jarvis
Jan 4, 1916
Regimental number - 1612
Place of birth - Bridgewater, Tasmania
School - State School, Tasmania
Religion - Presbyterian
Occupation - Labourer
Address - Mount Pleasant, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Marital status - Single
Age at embarkation - 23
Next of kin - Father, T D Jarvis, Mount Pleasant, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Enlistment date - 2 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll - 12 December 1914
Rank on enlistment - Private
Unit name - 12th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/29/2
Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll - Private
Unit from Nominal Roll - 52nd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) -
Mention in Despatches
Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455 (28 January 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette No. 44 (6 April 1916).
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Recommendation date: 18 August 1918
Fate - Killed in Action 4 September 1916
Place of death or wounding - Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France
Age at death from cemetery records - 26
Place of burial - No known grave
Commemoration details - Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.
The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra.
On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial - 155
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records - Parents: Thomas and Athild JARVIS, Don Banks, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Family/military connections - Brothers: 4524 Pte Alfred Edward JARVIS, 52nd Bn, returned to Australia, 27 August 1917; 161 Pte Richard George JARVIS, 12th Bn, killed in action, 2 May 1915; 984 Pte Roy William JARVIS MM, Australian Infantry Base Depot, returned to Australia, 26 July 1919; Cousin: 79 Pte Tasman JARVIS, 12th Bn, killed in action, 25 April 1915.
