The War Ministry · Records Office · Roll for 1847
Private Piet Tarn Record no. 007015 · The 2nd Marsh Regiment · enemy fire, 30 December 1847
War Ministry · Records OfficeRecord no. 007015
Record of service
- Name
- Piet Tarn
- Rank
- Private
- Regiment
- The 2nd Marsh Regiment, depot at Ostrabruck
- Date of loss
- 30 December 1847
- Cause
- enemy fire
- Action
- Not attributed to a named action; lost on the Line
- Age at loss
- 29
- Regiment, same day
- 1 on the roll
- Published
- The Schwartzistan Herald, 30 December 1847
1. The record is compiled from the regimental return and the Records Office register. 2. The cause of loss is entered as enemy fire. 3. The name stands on the roll for the year and is read at Victory Square. 4. No further particulars are published, under the Press Act.
Civil particulars
- Born
- 22 April 1818, at Norrwick, Norrfeld
- Civil occupation
- farm labourer
- Register
- National Archive entry
Before service the above-named is entered in the civil register as a farm labourer.
Next of kin
| father | Piet Tarn | born 1781, died 1833 | labourer | |
| mother | Dorothea Scher | born 1790, died 1831 | miner | |
| spouse | Cordula Pesholt | born 1817, died 1897 | miner | married 2 July 1839 |
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.