Leonard Matthews Tarrant
Died 15 Apr 1900
- Service number
- South African 71 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Sergeant AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM
- War
- South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Leonard Matthews AWMM
- Surname
- Tarrant AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- South African 71 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 06 Oct 1899 AWMM Lower Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mr H. A. Tarrant, Lower Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 21 Oct 1900 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- South African 71 AWMM
- Military service
- Coromandel Rifle Volunteer Corps AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- South Africa 06 Oct 1899 AWMM
Age 28 AWMM
Miner/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Sergeant AWMM 1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- 31 Mar 1900 AWMM
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 8 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
8 stone 11 pounds AWMM - Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died as a prisoner of War of enteric fever AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Sergeant Tarrant was well-respected both as a church-going member of the Coromandel community, and as a soldier.
Signature on the Service record appears to be Mathews; listed as this by Stowers; listed by Nation Archives as Mathew.Before World War I, enteric fever, or typhoid fever, was the scourge of armies, and in the Anglo-Boer War killed more soldiers than enemy action. It is caused by a bacteria entering the body via contaminated food or water. Early symptoms include high fever, headaches and lassitude. Follicles along the intestinal walls later become inflamed, often leading to perforation and hemorrhaging. Other complications include gall bladder, pneumonia or heart failure.
At the time of the Boer War, there were no antibiotic remedies for the disease. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 15 Apr 1900 AWMM
Age 29 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Pretoria Cemetery, Transvaal, South Africa AWMM
- Pretoria Cemetery Sa AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 June 1900 AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Coromandel Roll of Honour, 1899-1902 AWMM
- Ranfurly Veterans' Home, 539 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Coromandel War Memorial, in front of the Information Centre and old Courthouse, 355 Kapanga. Road, Coromandel town, Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM
- Nelson South African War Memorial, Queen's Garden, Nelson AWMM
- I don't think his name is on the Thames / Coromandel ABW Memorial ; to quote
"The memorial displayed the name and country of origin of the fallen: Gunner Fred W.D. Forbes of the 5th New Zealand Contingent, Trooper William Donkin of the 7th New Zealand Contingent, and Trooper Robert Farquhar of H Squad, Brabant’s Horse."Public - Kevin - Researcher - 5 March 2021 - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/thames-south-african-war-memorial
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20523727
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference - Ranfurly Veterans' Home. Opening ceremony to-day. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 294, 10 December 1903, Page 5
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19031210.2.26&srpos
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Coromandel War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/coromandel-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - The Walter Calloway trail. pdf guide
http://www.thecoromandelroadtrip.com/content/library/CALLAWAY_TRAIL_BROCHUREweb.pdf
Further Reference - I have written a book on his lifePublic - Gwyn - Researcher - 19 February 2024 - Happy to provide book in PDF format
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- References
- Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 1900 . H.6. Nominal Roll - The New Zealand Herald
Newspaper articles, New Zealand Herald, April 26 1900 and 15 June 1900. - Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
- Auckland Weekly News
Auckland Weekly News 27.4.1900 p. 7 (Photo) - The New Zealand Herald
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 June 1900 - St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
- "Tarrant Prisoner of War"Public - Gwyn - Researcher - 19 February 2024 - "Tarrant Prisoner of War" by G A Rees
- Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
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