JACKSON, Tasman Contencin
| Service Number: | 2492 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915, Claremont,Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, 14 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Private School |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy Plot I, Row C, Grave 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine War Memorial, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2492, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont,Tasmania | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2492, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2492, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 2492, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2492 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-10-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward Contencin Jackson and Mary C. Jackson, of 294, Bathurst St., Hobart, Tasmania.
THE DARLING SON OF EDWARD AND MARY CONTENCIN JACKSON OF HOBART
JACKSON.— In sad and loving memory of our dear son and brother, Sergeant Tasman Contencin Jackson, 26th Battalion, killed in action in France on the 3rd October, 1918, aged 22 years. Over three years' active service.
Sadly a mother is thinking
Of her soldier boy so brave,
Who fought for the cause of freedom,
Now lives in a hero's grave.
Never can our hearts forget
The sorrow of that day
When grief has left so deep a wound
The pain must always stay.
O, Tas, little did I think
When first I cradled thee,
That on the battlefields you would fall,
So far away from me.
Inserted by his loving mother and father,
sisters and brothers.
JACKSON.— In loving memory of my dear mate, Sergt. Tasman Jackson, 26th Batt., killed in action in France, October 3, 1918.
"Thy duty nobly done."
Inserted by his loving comrade, Corporal J. R. Goodey, late 28th Batt.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Tasman was born in Hobart on 14th August, 1896 under the name of Tasman Ernest Robert ROWELL - no father listed for his birth but he was listed in the Commonwealth Graves site as Edward Contencin JACKSON - his mother was Mary ROWELL
He served in the Senior Cadets with the 93rd Battalion for 3 years before enlisting in Claremont, Tasmania on 26th July, 1915 for WW1 - he embarked with the 26th Infantry Battalion on 5th October, 1915 on the HMAT Warilda
Tasman was Killed in Action in France on 3rd October, 1918 and is buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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