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Alfred Lawrence JESSOP

Regimental number4524
Place of birthNumurkah, Victoria
SchoolState Schools and Scots College, Launceston, Tasmania
Other trainingICS
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPainter
Address70 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, R N Jessop, 70 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date11 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 22 January 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row F, Grave No. 20), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Elizabeth JESSOP, 70 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsYounger brother served as gunner same war.

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