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JESSOP, Alfred Lawrence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4524 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Launceston Scotch College, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 22 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4524, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 4524, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 4524, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 22 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 4524, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4524 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...4524 Driver Alfred Lawrence Jessop, 3rd Artillery Brigade of Launceston, Tas. A painter prior to his enlistment on 16 March 1915 he embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Wandilla on 18 June 1915. The son of Richard Nixon Jessop and Elizabeth Jessop of Launceston, Tasmania, Dvr Jessop died of wounds on 22 October 1917, aged 27, while serving with the 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery and is memorialised at 11 Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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