Robert Morris JACKMAN

JACKMAN, Robert Morris

Service Number: 3812
Enlisted: 6 July 1915, 12th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Division Headquarters
Born: Raywood, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town: Tandara, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of Illness, France, 22 May 1917
Cemetery: Bapaume Australian Cemetery
Row B, Grave No. 32, Bapaume Australian Cemetery, Bapaume, Picardie, France, St Sever Cemetery, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Dingee & District Honor Roll, Dingee Memorial Tablet, Dingee Tandarra's Fallen Heroes
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World War 1 Service

6 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3812, 6th Infantry Battalion, 12th Reinforcements
23 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3812, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, HMAT A40 Ceramic
2 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Headquarters, Permanently attached to 1st Div HQ (while still notionally 6th Battalion)

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Pte Robert Jackman was out of the front line (classified as permanent base staff due to a deformed leg) and was participating in a game of cricket with HQ personnel near Albert, when he collapsed and died of heart failure on 21 May 1917 (aged c.44).