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JACKSON, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 177 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Nanango, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1875 |
| Home Town: | Springsure, Central Highlands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 January 1962, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 177, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 Apr 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 177, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 177, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
John Jackson was born on 5 Mar 1875 at Nanango, Queensland, a son to John Woodward Wyndham Jackson (Police Magistrate) and Anna Maria Jackson (nee Hume).
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 177 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 2452 in the 52nd Infantry Battalion and Australian Vetinary Corps AIF, WW1. At the time of his enlistment in 1916 he noted he was single and 41years of age.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483; National Archives Ausralia WW1 service record).
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