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Trooper Frank Elworthy Jarman

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TitleTrooper Frank Elworthy JarmanSummaryA soldier in World War One. DescriptionFrank was the second son of Thomas Elworthy and Annie Adams Jarman, Greendale and a grandson of Mr James Gough of Kirwee. He was born 14 June 1888 and was 5ft 10in tall, with a dark complexion, grey eyes and black hair. His medical exam also noted that the little finger on his left hand was shortened. For the eight years before enlistment he was a farmer, being involved in the management of his grandfather's farm at Kirwee. He was a member of the committee of the Courtenay A. and P. Association, a vestry man of St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Darfield and a Master Mason in the Lincoln Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of the Christchurch Hunt Club, and of various sports bodies in the Kirwee district.

Frank was the second to enlist from the Kirwee district and left with the Main Expeditionary Force for Egypt with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, aged 28, on 6 August, during the attack on Bauchop Hill. This was a hill between the Aghyl Dere and the Chailak Dere, named after the gallant colonel of the Otago Mounted Rifles, who was mortally wounded here on 8 August. Frank was buried in the No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli. Frank is remembered on the Malvern County Memorial.

The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 6 August, further landings were made at Suvla, just north of Anzac, and the climax of the campaign came in early August when simultaneous assaults were launched on all three fronts. No 1 and 2 Outposts were made by Nelson Company of the Canterbury Infantry Battalion on 30 April, for the burial of some of those killed when the 7th and 12th Australian Infantry Battalions landed nearby on 25 April. No.2 Post was the scene of heavy fighting at the end of May and it was one of the starting points for the Battle of Sari Bair. It contained the best well in Anzac and the 16th Casualty Clearing Station and the New Zealand Dental Corps clinic were established close by. New Zealand No 2 Outpost Cemetery was named from the burials carried out by the Nelson Company and is, in fact, one long grave made in September 1915. There are 183 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in this cemetery. 150 of the burials are unidentified and special memorials commemorate 31 casualties known or believed to be buried among them.First NameFrank ElworthyLast NameJarmanFamilySingleSecond son of Thomas Elworthy and Annie Adams Jarman, Greendale and a grandson of Mr James Gough of KirweeDate of Birth14 June 1888Place of BirthGreendale, CanterburyDate of Death6 August 1915Place of DeathGallipoliCause of DeathKilled in actionAge at Death28

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