Peter Acland JACOBS

JACOBS, Peter Acland

Service Number: VX37066
Enlisted: 11 July 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born: Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 15 September 1915
Home Town: Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Barrister
Died: Berri Berri, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 27 July 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
BURIAL Ambon War Cemetery Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Show Map PLOT 18. C. 9.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Victorian Jewish War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement VX37066
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX37066
13 Jul 1940: Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1940: Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant
17 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Died of Illness Berri Berri

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Biography contributed by Terry Cook

Jacobs, Peter Acland (1915–1945)
A memorial to the late Peter Acland Jacobs was unveiled at the 1st Mont Albert Scout Hall, Surrey Hills, on Saturday, by Mr G. W. S. Anderson, Chief Commissioner for Victoria of the Boy Scouts Association.

Peter Jacobs, who was a scoutmaster at the time of his enlistment in the AIF, lost his life while a POW in the hands of the Japanese at Amboina. The memorial takes the form of a room to be used at headquarters, with a bronze tablet placed above the door.

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