George Wollaston JACOB

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JACOB, George Wollaston

Service Numbers:	870, 6679
Enlisted:	29 December 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prospect, South Australia, 29 May 1892
Home Town:	Kensington Gardens, Burnside, South Australia
Schooling:	Gillis Public School & Muirden College, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer/Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 25 September 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geranium War Memorial, Karoonda Borrika District WW1 Honour Board, Karoonda District Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 870, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 870, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
2 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 870, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6679, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6679, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6679, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6679 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-25

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Biography

First Embarkation Roll (static.awm.gov.au) incorrectly recorded middle name as Dollaston

George Wollaston JACOB was born on 29th May, 1892 in Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia

His parents were Henry JACOB and Florence Edith WOLLASTON

George had 3 months previous service with the cadets before he enlisted with the 3rd Light Horse in 1915 which left Adelaide on 1st April, 1915 onboard HMAT Port Lincoln and served 18 months in Egypt and Gallipoli and was discharged at his Mothers request due to the sudden death of his father - he returned home and then re-enlisted on 29th December, 1914 with the Australian Army - he was with the 27th Battalion, 19th reinforcements - Unit embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT Miltiades on 24th January, 1917

He was Killed in Action on 25th September, 1917 - no known grave - he is listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and the Australian War Memorial - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

His two brothers were also serving with the AIF - Private John Gilbert JACOB also of the 50th Battalion was Killed in Action at Hamel on 7th July, 1918 and buried in Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France. His other brother, 2nd Lieutenant Denis JACOB, 10th Batalion was awarded the Military Medal and returned to Australia in January, 1919.

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