Pte R. JARVIS SC/55 SA Signal Serv

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Pte Reginald JARVIS, SC/55 South African Signal Service, who died aged 29 on 15.11.16. Dodoma Cemetery, Tanzania

At the time of his death there were signal depots established at Morogoro and Dodoma. Within a few days the telegraph lines had been extended to Tobora, a signal school was also at Dadoma. Private Jarvis would no doubt be associated with these activities .

It was the start of the rainy season and malaria was taking a heavy toll on the troops along the Central Railway. So severe was the rain that year that porters had to wade waist deep for miles to ensure supplies were received, fighting came to a halt down on the Rufigi with temporary truces to allow the Germans to collect their mail from Dakawa behind the British positions. The casualty toll was very high with many units reduced to but a few hundred.

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Name: JARVIS, REGINALD

Initials: R

Nationality: South African

Rank: Private

Regiment: South African Signal Service

Unit Text: South African Div. Signal Coy.

Age: 29

Date of Death: 15/11/1916

Service No: SC/55

Additional information: Husband of Florence Edith Jarvis, of 55, Berea Rd., Bertrams, Johannesburg, Transvaal.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: II. E. 2.