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JESSOP, James Herbert
| Service Number: | 4875 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Huddersfield, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter and Decorator |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 4875, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Sergeant, 4875, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 4875, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
Enlisted at Mount Gambier, South Australia on 11 May 1917 (36, painter & decorator, married with 3 children, Church of England), naming his wife, Gertrude Jessop, as his next-of-kin. Trained at Mitcham, where he was appointed as a sergeant.
Embarked from Adelaide on 23 June 1917 on the A30 'Borda' attached to 13th Reinforcements to the 32nd Battalion. Disembarked at Plymouth, England, on 25 August and joined the 8th Training Battalion at Hurdcott the following day.
Overseas to France via Southampton on 26 September 1917 and was temporarily attached to the 5th Australian Base Depot at Havre, France, the following day. Joined the 43rd Battalion in the near Ypres in Belgium on 8 October but was wounded on 10th October during the failed Australian attack on Poelcappelle (part of what is known as the 3rd Battle of Ypres). This action was fought under horrific conditions. Jessop was evacuated by the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance and taken by hospital ship to England.
He was eventually sent back to Australia on the'Medic', leaving England on 24 August 1918 and disembarking in Melbourne on 11 October. He was discharged medically unfit on 18 November.
After the war he returned to Mount Gambier, where he joined the local RSL sub-branch, becoming its Vice-President in 1919, but resigned this position after incurring the anger of Mayor Truman by criticising the local Repatriation Committee (which the Mayor presided over) for not exerting more pressure on the government to speed up access to land for soldier settlers.