William John (Bill) JACKSON

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JACKSON, William John

Service Number:	1952
Enlisted:	24 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, March 1884
Home Town:	East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 November 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Coolup War Memorial, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1952, 28th Infantry Battalion
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 1952, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 1952, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle

Pvt Bill Jackson

From Lest We Forget

Pvt Bill Jackson was an Aboriginal man from Bunbury who served at Gallipoli, Armentieres & Pozières, where he was sadly KIA. Personal inscription by his wife for his headstone at Villers-Bretonneux reads: ‘Loved in life, honoured in death, cherished in memory.’

Submitted 16 April 2019 by Evan Evans

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Matthew JACKSON and Lousia WHITE (aka CORBECAN)

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