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Benjamin Joseph JACOBSON

Regimental number4515
Place of birthGlebe point, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolForest Lodge Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRockhampton, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinSister, Mrs B Williams, Fernmount Graceville Street, Randwick, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 June 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 18), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
56
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Berent and Jane JACOBSON. Native of Glebe Point, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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