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SAXWARD-JESSUP, Wellesley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1171 |
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Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | London, England, September 1892 |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Battersea Grammar School, England |
Occupation: | Shipwright |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 16 February 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval Thistle Dump Cemetery, Longueval, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1171, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1171, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
9 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1171, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
16 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
5 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1171, 4th Pioneer Battalion, GSW (leg) | |
16 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1171, 4th Pioneer Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Wellesley SAXWARD-JESSUP was born in London in 1892
His parents were Samson JESSUP & Mary Charlotte NIGH who married in England in 1878 (marriage registeed in Croydon, UK)