CAIRNCROSS, Jack
Service Number: | 1935 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1935, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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