Noel Edward JACKSON

JACKSON, Noel Edward

Service Number: 3400
Enlisted: 2 September 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 58th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Marist Brothers College, Bendigo, Victoria
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 14 March 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

2 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3400, 58th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3400, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3400, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne
14 Mar 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3400, 58th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

According to eye witness statements in the Red Cross file, Pte Noel Jackson was killed when the post he was manning was directly hit by an enemy shell at Messines, Belgium.