JAGGERS, Ambrose Campbell
| Service Number: | 1373 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 May 1915, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW 19th Infantry Battalion, D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bega, New South Wales, Australia, 21 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tarragandah Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 July 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot III, Row P, Grave 14, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 27 May 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1373, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Liverpool, NSW 19th Infantry Battalion, D Company |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1373, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1373, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Ambrose Campbell JAGGERS was born on 21st November, 1897 in Bega, NSW to George Herbert JAGGERS and Martha HAIGH - he was much younger than his stated age on his enlistment in 1915 as he was only 17 years of age at the time
After Ambrose joined the army he was soon discharged for medical reasons - he rejoined and was sent to Egypt where he went AWOL for a time & then served at Gallipoli & later in France. In France he went AWOL again & was then injured by shrapnel to his ear & arm which saw him hospitalized in England.
On another absence he married Rosa WITHERS in 1917 in Maidenhead England. After returning to his unit he was sentenced to 90 days detention & forfeited 105 days pay before he was sent to the front in Belgium. He was sent to hospital again with trench fever & repatriated to England & then rejoined his Battalion
Ambrose was Killed in Action on 17th July, 1918 when he was hit by a shell when going up to the support line at Villers Bretonneux. He was buried in a grave by the roadside between Villers Bretonneux and Tronville & a small cross bearing his name was erected on his grave. Later he was reburied in Adelaide Cemetery in Villers Bretonneux. His name is memorialized on the Australian War Memorial
He received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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