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Louis William JACOBS

Regimental number1772
Place of birthBallarat Victoria
ReligionJewish
OccupationStoreman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, R Jacobs, 49 Newcastle Street, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date5 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 14 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 December 1915
Date of death3 December 1915
Place of burialAri Burnu Cemetery (Plot I, Row 13), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Isaac and Rachel JACOBS, Regent Street, Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia. Native of Ballarat, Victoria

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