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JAQUES, Richard Francis

Service Number:	4119
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Echuca, Victoria, Australia, August 1895
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Dorcas State School, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Civil servant Railway Dept
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1918
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Docklands Members of Railway Head Office Staff Honour Roll, South Melbourne Dorcas St State School No 1253 and Montague State School No 2784 Honour Roll, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4119, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4119, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
26 Jul 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 4119, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4119 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-07-26
14 Mar 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", Near Villers-Bretonneux on the night of 24th July, 1918 this NCO displayed marked courage and resourcefulness in repelling a German Raid and counter attack Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 36

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