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Arthur William JACKSON

Regimental number1672
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
SchoolDutton Park State School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationButcher
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Florence Rosina Jackson, Wolseley Street, Thompson Estate, South Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date21 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 April 1918
Age at death22.11
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
148
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William James and Florence JACKSON, Wolsley Street, South Brisbane
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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