LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Vincent Jack Edwin JARVIS
Service No: 300047
Born: Perth WA, 8 July 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 January 1934 (at RAAF Station Richmond NSW)
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Ground Operations: Libya, 14 January 1941, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mary Elizabeth Jarvis, of Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Griffith NSW
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Griffith Cenotaph, Griffith NSW
On 14 January 1941, Corporal Jarvis, a Wireless Operator, was killed in action at about 1340 hours GMT about 5 miles south east of Tobruk. He was attached to No. 208 Army Co-operation Squadron RAF, and was performing the duties of visiting Corporal for the maintenance of Wireless Telegraph sets which were on loan to the RAF Squadron. During a sandstorm, the vehicle he was driving overshot the gun positions surrounding Tobruk, and was fired on by enemy anti-tank guns. Corporal Jarvis was killed instantly and the truck was destroyed.
Corporal John George Parr (255713) (Discharged: 11 February 1946) who was travelling with Corporal Jarvis was taken prisoner and later freed when Tobruk was captured by Australian and British Forces.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/126/34
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line