JACOBS, John Reasey
| Service Number: | 65770 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 May 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 24 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Tighes Hill, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1921, aged 23 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: | Hamilton War Memorial, Islington Independent Order of Rechabites Roll of Honor, Newcastle W Winn & Co Ltd Roll of Honor, W Winn & Co's War Heroes Pictorial HR, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 65770, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) | |
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| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 65770, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 65770, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney | |
| 14 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 65770, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
99 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 12th July 1921, Private John Reasey Jacobs, 3rd Battalion, salesman (W. Winn & Company Ltd.), of Wallsend, (White Gates), New South Wales and Hewison Street, Tighes Hill, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 23. BAPTIST-L SW. 39.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141063625- funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141068194
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 24th December 1897 to Israel George and Phoebe Jacobs nee Dennett of 34A Greaves Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., John enlisted May 1918 at Newcastle, N.S.W., (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140977615) sustaining no injuries, and returned home September 1919, being discharged October 1919.
Mr Jacob’s name has been inscribed on the W. Winn and Co War Memorial (photo 1), Wallsend Municipal & District Roll of Honor, Wallsend Soldiers’ Memorial, The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall and the Islington Independent Order of Rechabites, "Haste to the Rescue," Tent 10 (photo 4). Name not located inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial (https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/340303).
Service record states Died after Discharge, so I will be submitting an application asking for official commemoration at the gravesite, or a plaque to be placed at the New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.
I have placed poppies in remembrance of John’s service for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=9768#2
Lest We Forget.
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