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John Victor JACKSON

Regimental number16990
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolSuperior Public School, Balmain, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShipwright
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Henry William Jackson, 6 Mullen Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Enlistment date30 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameJanuary 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 10 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 11 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death24.9
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row A, Grave No. 12), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
24
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Mary JACKSON, 6 Mullens Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin to William Henry BOND M.M. Killed in action 6 April 1918

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