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Robert William Tarn

Robert William Tarn

Date of Birth

29 March, 1915

College

Borough Road College

Job(s)

Teacher, Walker Street, Luton

Service number

4340904

WW2 rank

Lance Corporal

18th Divisional Provost Coy., Corps of Military Police

Theatre of war

Burma

Date of death

04 June, 1943

Location of death

Burma

Buried/memorial

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

Biography

Lance Corporal Robert William Tarn studied at Borough Road College from 1933 to 1936. After graduation he became a teacher at Walker Street, Luton in London. After the start of the war he joined the Corps of Military Police. Little is known about his war service except that he died in Burma on the 4th of June 1943. Lance Corporal Tarn is remembered at Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.

Sources

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Borough Road College 1933 Registry