JACKSON, Arthur Ernest John
| Service Number: | 4149 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 27 June 1877 |
| Home Town: | Glebe, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Glebe Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4149, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4149, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4149, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Jackson was known as ‘Darkie’ to his mates who described his death in his Red Cross file. He enlisted at almost 40 years of age. He was also the father of three young children. He had several periods of detention for being absent without leave. During mid 1917 he was sentenced to 90 days Field Punishment for striking a superior officer. He spent almost thirty days in gaol before being returned to his unit. Three weeks later he was killed in action.
According to his mates he was part of a group of about 12 men who sent to a dressing station to collect stretchers. On the way back the party was struck by a shell, killing several men, including Jackson, and wounding most of the party. Walter Peake and John Willmott, of the 19th Battalion, died in the same incident.
His mother, Annie Swinfield (formerly Jackson) had married again to Alfred Swinfield. She also had a son from this marriage, Pte. Leslie Alfred Swinfield, 59th Battalion AIF, who was also killed in action just over a month later. Leslie was only 18 years of age. The maternal half-brothers were the only two children of Annie Swinfield.
Annie was also caring for Arthur Jackson’s children, and his war medals were issued to the eldest son in her care.