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JACKSON, Eric Douglas
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 4303, 4303A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bourke, Bourke, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bourke & District War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4303, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4303, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 4303A, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4303A awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-25 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He and his soldier brother were born in Wandsworth, South-West London. Eric’s birth was registered as:
Births Mar 1894
Jackson Eric Douglas Wandsworth 1d 770
He was the third son of Robert and Ada Jackson of 18 Palmerston Rd., Westcliff-on-Sea.He is remembered on the wargrave of his elder brother, Driver Stanley Walker Jackson, Service Number 457, who died in Norfolk whilst serving with the Honourable Artillery Company.
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