Philip JACKSON

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Service Number:	43
Enlisted:	18 February 1885, He had to be left behind in a Suakin Hospital when the NSW Contingent was withdrawn on 17 May 1885. He died in Hospital on 18 May 1885. Total service time is ninety days inclusive.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	New South Wales Contingent - Sudan
Born:	Milton, New South Wales, Australia, 22 September 1865
Home Town:	Milton, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Illness, Suakin, Sudan, 18 May 1885, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Khartoum War Cemetery, Khartoum, Sudan
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Feb 1885:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 43, New South Wales Contingent - Sudan, He had to be left behind in a Suakin Hospital when the NSW Contingent was withdrawn on 17 May 1885. He died in Hospital on 18 May 1885. Total service time is ninety days inclusive.
17 May 1885:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 43, New South Wales Contingent - Sudan, Sudan

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