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JACKSON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2452 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Veterinary Corps |
| Born: | Nanango, Queensland, Australia, 3 March 1875 |
| Home Town: | Emerald, Central Highlands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 January 1962, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2452, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2452, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2452, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 16 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2452, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Veterinary Corps |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
John Jackson was born on 5 Mar 1875 at Nanango, Queensland, a son to John Woodward Wyndham Jackson (Police Magistrate) and Anna Maria Jackson (nee Hume).
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 177 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 2452 in the 52nd Infantry Battalion and Australian Vetinary Corps AIF, WW1. At the time of his enlistment in 1916 he noted he was single and 41years of age.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483; National Archives Ausralia WW1 service record).