Herbert JARRETT

Regimental number4/1944
Date of birth16 October 1894
Place of birthPalmerston North
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter and paperhanger
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 1.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinFather, G P Jarrett, 257 Main Street East, Palmerston North
Previous military serviceServed in the 8th Mounted Field Ambulance, Territorial Froce; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Rank on embarkationSapper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateDied of disease 1 March 1919
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 395), Wiltshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: George Pollock Jarrett, 519 Main Street, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1916; disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.

Embarked Port Said for France, 13 April 1916; posted to strength of No 2 Company, New Zealand Engineers, 17 May 1916; transferred to No 1 Company, 11 July 1916.

Detached to 1st Mobile Repair Unit (Cassel), 10 July 1917; rejoined No 1 Field Company from detachment, 2 September 1917.

On leave, 7 September 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 20 September 1917.

Detached to 4th Army Central School, 9 February 1918; detached to XXII Corps School, 9 April 1918.

Taken on strength, 3rd Entrenching Bn, 11 June 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 16 September 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 2 October 1918.

Embarked for England, 1 January 1919; admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 26 February 1919 (pneumonia).

Died of pneumonia, 1 March 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 23
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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