JACKA, Clement Belmore
| Service Number: | 3480 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1917, Melrose, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Melrose, South Australia, 20 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Melrose, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | School of Mines |
| Occupation: | Clerk & Brewer (Jacka Bros Melose Brewery) |
| Died: | Died of Ilness (malaria), Port Said, Egypt, 16 October 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Said War Memorial Cemetery Plot E, Grave 13, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melrose 'In Memory of the Fallen" Great War 1914-18, Melrose Memorial Institute Honour Roll, Melrose RSL Community Room and Story Board, Melrose School Roll of Honour, Melrose War Memorial, Port Germein War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3480, Melrose, South Australia | |
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| 2 Nov 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3480, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' |
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| 2 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3480, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 16 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 3480, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3480 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-10-16 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clement Belmore JACKA was born on 20th May, 1889 in Melrose, South Australia
His parents were Joseph Henry JACKA and Sarah Anne SLEE'
He enlisted on 27th February, 1917 with the Australian Army - he was with the 3rd Light Horse, 30th Reinforcements - Unit embarked from Melbourne on the ship Commonwealth on 2nd November, 1917'
Clement contracted malaria which brough on heart failure on 16th October, 1918
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The Register News Pictorial, Adelaide, 16th October, 1930
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
JACKA.- A tribute of love and honour to the memory of my dear son, Trooper Clement Belmore Jacka, who died in the 14th A.G.H. Port Said on 16th October, 1918
"Twelve years today you passed away,
In memory a constant though
In heart a silent sorrow, Clem"
Inserted by his loving Mother.
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