CAPERN, Jack Cummings
| Service Numbers: | 432, 432C |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Watsons Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 29 November 1898 |
| Home Town: | Moorooka, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Maryborough State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Lithograph Expert |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row B, Grave 10. |
| Tree Plaque: |
Yeronga Avenue of Honour
|
| Memorials: | Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 1, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yeronga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 432, Brisbane, Queensland | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 432, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 432, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 432C, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 432C awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 |
Help us honour Jack Cummings Capern's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography
Jack Cummings CAPERN was born in Watsons Bay, Sydney on 29th November 1898
His parents were (Reverend) Cummings Air CAPERN and Lizzie Varis AUSTIN
He enlisted on 11th January, 1915 with the Australian Army - he was with the Machine Gun Company 3, 6th reinforcements. Unit embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Port Lincoln on 20th October 1916
Jack was Killed in Action on 8th August 1918 - he was buried the next day at the Memorial Plot- Heath Cemetery but was later reinterred at the Cerisy Gailly New French Military Cemetery
Prior to enlistment was employed by the "Wide Bay & Burnett News" and subsequently by the Brisbane Newspaper Company.
"SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL SERVICE. MOOROOKA, September 10.
A service in memory of Private Jack Capern, son of the Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Capern, who was recently killed in action, was held in the Moorooka Congregational Church on Sunday night, in the presence of a large congregation. Solos were tendered by the Misses C. Helvar and Winnie Edwards, and hymns by the church choir. The Rev. F. E. Adams preached from the text, 2nd Samuel 12/23, "I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." He also made mention of Private John Gnatz and Lieutenant Wm. Packman, whose names are on the church honour board, and who have also made the supreme sacrifice." - from the Brisbane Courier 11 Sep 1918 (nla.gov.au)
Click images to start slideshow.