JACKSON, Robert Nelson
| Service Number: | 409 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 February 1915, Childers, Qld |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 10 November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Leslie House School & Church of England Grammar School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Book seller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 409, 25th Infantry Battalion, Childers, Qld | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 409, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 409, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 409, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 409, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Mr Robert Jackson bookseller of Liverpool-Street, Hobart received news this week that his son, Robert Nelson Jackson had been killed in action in France.
The deceased soldier was the third son of Mr. Jackson, and was born in Hobart in 1888. He was educated at St. David's Boys' School and at Leslie House School.
He was living in Queensland when the war broke out and enlisted in the 25th Battalion. He was at Gallipoli, and at the conclusion of that campaign was amongst the first lot of troops landed in France. The deceased was well-known in athletic circles and was very fond of boxing at which he was an apt pupil.
The Mercury 9th September 1916
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
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