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Charles William JARRETT

Regimental number1871
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
Other NamesJARRITT
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation42
Height5' 3"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Helena Aminto Jarriet, 20 Charles Street, Sandy Bay, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date29 June 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 May 1916
Place of enlistmentClaremont, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 8 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1876
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Jane JARRITT
Discharge date29 May 1917
Other details

War service: embarked Hobart, 8 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 30 September 1916, and taken on strength, 10th Training Bn, Codford.

Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 4 November 1916 (bronchitis); discharged on furlough, 1 December 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Benalla', 13 February 1917; discharged (medically unfit: asthma), Hobart, 29 May 1917.

Medal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered on Embarkation Roll as JARRITT.
Date of death26 August 1925
Age at death51
Place of burialCornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania
SourcesNAA: B2455, JARRETT Charles William

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