JACKSON, William Victor
| Service Number: | 3816 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia, 1 July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Blacksmith's Striker |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 17 October 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 35A |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Tighes's Hill Methodist Church Honour Roll, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3816, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3816, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3816, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 15 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3816, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wounded in right shoulder and arm. Died of his wounds on 17th October 1916 at a casualty clearing station. | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3816, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3816 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-10-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
William Victor JACKSON (Service Number 3816) was born on 1st July 1897 at Raymond Terrace, NSW. In May 1913 he joined the NSW Government Railways in Newcastle as a shop boy, his employee card being in the name of ‘Willie Victor Jackson’. He was very young. When he enlisted in the AIF at Liverpool in July 1915, he gave his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘blacksmiths’ striker’. He was still only 18 and so under age at the time.
Although he was living with an aunt in Tighes Hill, his sister in Singleton wrote to the authorities objecting to his being enlisted, noting that their parents were dead, an older brother had already enlisted, and he was needed to support the family. After a month in camp he was refused by the military.
‘Jackson, however, was bent on doing his duty, and he travelled from the Liverpool Camp to Singleton to plead with his sister to allow him to go. She gave her consent…’: Northern Times, 18/11/1916.
His second attempt to enlist was successful, again at Liverpool, in September 1915.
He embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Suevic’ on 22nd December 1915. He was sent first to Egypt, with reinforcements, and joined the 45th Battalion there in March 1916. He was sent with them to France in June. He was appointed Lance Corporal in September ‘in the field’.
On 15th October 1916 he was wounded in the right shoulder and arm. He died of his wounds on 17th October 1916 at a casualty clearing station. He was buried in Lyssenthoek Military Cemetery, 1¾ miles SW of Poperinghe, Belgium.
His personal effects were sent to his sister (who had by this time married) in Singleton. She received these as his sole legatee, and his service medals as his next of kin. His older brother Jack, who had enlisted before him, had been killed in France in August 1916.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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