JACKSON, Robert Balford
| Other Name: | Jackson, Robert Balfred - Boer War Nominal Roll |
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| Service Numbers: | 348, 1169 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Emerald, Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1880 |
| Home Town: | Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 20 August 1933, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Roma General Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Row 034S, Niche 2800 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 348, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 348, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 14 Oct 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500, notes promoted to Corporal on 14 Oct 1901. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 348, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 15, notes discharged in South Africa 26 Mar 1902 to take up employment there. |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1169, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1169, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. In the official 1901 nominal roll for The 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent his name was recorded incorrectly as Robert Balfred Jackson. It is noted that when he enlisted in 1915 for WW1, under his birth name of Robert Balford Jackson, his Attestation Form notes his previous service in the 5th QIB.
When Robert Balford Jackson enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published (under Robert Balfred Jackson) in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. E. Jackson, Barcaldine.
When he enlisted again in 1915 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Form, dated 8 Mar 1915, that; he was born at Emerald and was 34 Years 11 months of age; he was single and working as a miner; his N.O.K. was his mother Elizabeth Jackson Barcaldine; and he had previously served in South Africa with the 5th QIB.
Robert Balford Jackson was born on 5 Apr 1880 at Emerald, a son to James Jackson and Elizabeth Jackson (nee McCall).
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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