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James Henry JACKSON

Regimental number4519
Place of birthCollingwood, Victoria
SchoolVere Street State School, Collingwood, Victoria
Other trainingServed in the Cadets
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address65 Gold Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs C J Jackson, 65 Gold Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military
Enlistment date11 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


Recommendation date: 27 February 1918

Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Major General Sir H V Cox H.C.W.G.C.B.C.T.T. Commanding 4th Australian Division congratulates No. 4519 Pte Jackson J.H, 46 th Battalion, 12th A.T. Brigade on his gallant conduct while acting as Stretcher Bearer on the night of 12/13th August near Pozieres. H.V. Cox. Major General" details from wife
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Place of death or woundingDernancourt, Somme, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialMillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Row A, Grve No. 49), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Janet JACKSON; husband of Catherine JACKSON, 14 Rae Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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