The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1877
Captain Aurel Tarnholt Record no. 011016 · The 3rd Marsh Regiment · enemy action, 17 December 1877
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 011016
Record of service
- Name
- Aurel Tarnholt
- Rank
- Captain
- Regiment
- The 3rd Marsh Regiment, depot at Kessel
- Date of loss
- 17 December 1877
- Cause
- enemy action
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 19
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 17 December 1877
1. The 3rd Marsh Regiment: return received and entered. 2. Cause of loss: enemy action. 3. Next of kin informed. 4. The line holds.
Awarded the Line Medal
For conduct on the Line, gazetted by the War Ministry. For holding a post on the Line through a night of enemy action. Gazetted; the decoration was presented to the next of kin at the depot.
For conduct on the Line, gazetted by the War Ministry. For holding a post on the Line through a night of enemy action. Gazetted; the decoration was presented to the next of kin at the depot.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 13 May 1858, at Ostrabruck, The Ostrand
- Civil occupation
- railwayman
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a railwayman.
Next of kin
| father | Matthis Tarnholt | born 1833, died 1871 | farm labourer | |
| mother | Liesl Ketmel | born 1830, died 1891 | merchant |
Next of kin as entered at the depot and confirmed by the National Archive.
Pension: the Ministry's pension under the War Widows Act and the Pensions Act is paid to the next of kin entered above, at the rate for the rank, from the first quarter-day after the date of loss.