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William John JACKSON

Regimental number919
Place of birthAllendale Victoria
SchoolAllendale State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressAllendale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Thomas Jackson, Elizabeth Street, Allendale, Victoria
Enlistment date24 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 February 1917
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 81), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Allendale State School Roll of Honour, Victoria. ('Pro Patria. They fell beneath their flags '[Union and Australian flags]. A tribute to Allendale's Past Scholars.')
Family/military connectionsBrother: 574 Corporal Thomas Roy JACKSON, 29th Bn, died of wounds, 25 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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