JACQUES, Alfred
| Service Number: | 3570 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 28 June 1895 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Moulder |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery Plot V1, Row G, Grave 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3570, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3570, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3570, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 12th Battalion to 52nd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3570, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3570 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred James and Jessie Jacques of 260 Brisbane Street, Launceston, Tasmania
7 September 1915 - his father signed the form of consent for alfred to serve overseas
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred Jacques of Launceston, Tasmania was part of a group of thirteen men of the 52nd Battalion who were all recommended for a bravery award, for the following deed. On 14 August 1916, “Some wounded men, having been left out in front of the firing line near the Farm de Mouquet, a party under Lieutenant Ralph Anderson volunteered to go out from Albert, a distance of 8 kilometres, and try and bring them in. This they did, having to make their way for a very long distance over ground and through saps that were being shelled heavily by the enemy; with much trouble in the darkness, they located the men in No Mans Land, near the enemy trenches, and brought them back to safety over ground that was being swept by our own guns and over the ground being bombarded by the enemy.”
There is no record of an award being made in his service file, and Alfred Jacques was killed in action only two weeks later at Mouquet Farm.
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