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JACOBS, Clifford
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2118 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 May 1915, Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia, 22 September 1884 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mason |
| Died: | Natural causes, Kensington, Middlesex, England, 22 September 1947, aged 63 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2118, Keswick | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 2118, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 2118, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2118, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , Shell wound left shoulder | |
| 25 May 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, On the morning of 9 April 1917 during the attack on Hermies, he displayed great coolness in assisting Second Lieutenant Lionel James Price (awarded Military Cross for the action) to capture six Germans who had caused a lot of casualties by sniping. He afterwards did valuable work in the construction of a machine gun emplacement under shell fire as part of a strong point and set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty. | |
| 1 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 2118 | |
| 6 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2118, 3rd Field Company Engineers |
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