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Wilfred Oldfield JACKSON

Regimental number1200
Date of birth27 October 1894
Place of birthEaglehawk, Victoria
SchoolTrinity Grammr School, Kew, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
Address8 Highfield Grove, Kew, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinA Jackson, 8 Highfield Grove, Kew, Victoria
Previous military service25th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: Artillery
Promotion date: 12 March 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Croix de Guerre (Belgium)


Work at Zonnebeke on 14 October 1917
Recommendation date: "20 December 1917

Military Cross


Work in the Ypres Sector from September to November 1917.
Recommendation date: 6 March 1918"

Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Melbourne branch, April 1911.
FateReturned to Australia 9 December 1918
Medals

Military Cross


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 165
Date: 24 October 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 198.

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