JACOBSON, Thomas Godfrey
| Service Number: | 579 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fettler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 17 September 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row F, Grave 4 Headstone inscription reads: Greater love hath no man than he lay down his life for his friends, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Narromine War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 579, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 579, 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, 579, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of William Alfred and Fanny Jacobson of Narromine, NSW. Brother of James Alfred Jacobson and C.W. Jacobson
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his brother C.W. Jacobson
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of William Alfred and Fanny Jacobson of Narromine, NSW. Brother of James Alfred Jacobson and C.W. Jacobson
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to his brother C.W. Jacobson
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Thomas Godfrey JACOBSON (Service Number 579) was born in Blayney NSW on 12th November 1888. He joined the Permanent Way Branch of the NSW Government Railways as a labourer on the Western Division in October 1912. In April 1913 he was made a fettler on the Dubbo-Nyngan line, and in September 1914 on the Dubbo- Coonamble line. He was released from duty to enlist in the AIF, at Liverpool in February 1915. At that time he was stationed as a fettler at Gilgandra.
He was sent to Gallipoli in August 1915 with the 19th Battalion. He wrote to a friend from the trenches a letter published by the Narromine News & Trangie Advocate on 30th November 2013. In part he said:
‘I thought I had a fairly good trip coming over on the old Ceramic but we only had three weeks in Egypt and then we came here and I can tell you it is just lovely to hear the bullets whistling around you and over your head all day and shrapnel bursting everywhere…’
He was killed in action on 17th September 19
Thomas Godfrey JACOBSON, (Service Number 579) was born in Blayney on 12 November 1888. He joined the Permanent Way Branch of the NSWGR as a labourer on the Western Division in October 1912. In April 1913 he was made a fettler on the Dubbo-Nyngan line, and in September 1914 on the Dubbo- Coonamble line. At the time he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF, at Liverpool in February 1915, he was stationed as a fettler at Gilgandra.
Sent to Gallipoli in August 1915 with the 19th Battalion, he wrote to a friend from the trenches a letter published by the Narromine News & Trangie Advocate on 30 November 2013: in part he said:
‘I thought I had a fairly good trip coming over on the old Ceramic but we only had three weeks in Egypt and then we came here and I can tell you it is just lovely to hear the bullets whistling around you and over your head all day and shrapnel bursting everywhere…’
He was killed in action on 17th September 1915. He was buried in Shrapnel Gully Cemetery, about 400 yards SE of Anzac Cove.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
buried in Shrapnel Gully Cemetery, about 400 yards SE of Anzac Cove.
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