Leslie Harold Newton JACKA

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JACKA, Leslie Harold Newton

Service Numbers:	4124, 254
Enlisted:	11 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 16 July 1881
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 December 1915, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row F, Grave 14 Chaplain A.P. Bladen officiated, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW

World War 1 Service

11 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4124, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 254, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 254, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
12 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers, Transferred from the 19th Battalion
2 Sep 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 4th Field Company Engineers
1 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4124, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4124 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-12-01

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Richard Jacka and Catherine Jacka nee Whenan of Gouger Street, Adelaide, SA. Brother of Edgar Horace Alfred Jacka

On 1 July 1908 Leslie married Blanche Marian Tedd in the Methodist Manse, Morphett Street, Adelaide SA. Blanche remarried and was known as Blanche Ryan of 'Chuck Farm', Forest Road, Mona Vale, NSW. Step-father of John Castner

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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