Jack CAIRNCROSS

CAIRNCROSS, Jack

    Service Number: 1935
    Enlisted: 8 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Banksia, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales
    Schooling: Rockdale Public School, New South Wales
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 13, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1935, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1935, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1935, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of David Duncan and Bridget Cairncross of James Street, Rockdale, NSW; brother of Joseph Cairncross, Alice Burton, Mrs K. Dent

    2 September 1921 - Base Records wrote to Alice Burton asking  if there were any older brothers alive as any claim for Jack's medals buy his brothers would be taken into consideration before any claim lodged by Jack's sisters

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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