JACKSON  T.H.P.

Given Names:  Thomas Hinton Phelps

           

Service Number:  7821

Unit:  2nd Field Company Engineers, 17th reinforcements                                                  

Rank:  Driver   

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Age:  28 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Gardener                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  8¼ In                   

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  FResh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  James Phelps Jackson

6 Carlyle Street, Hawthorn, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  20/4/1916

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  SS Hawkes Bay

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Borda    

Embarked:  5/4/1918                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  15th Field Company Engineers                                                                                              

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  9/7/1918                          

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  41051

Victory Medal:  40451

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    24/9/1887

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  James Phelps JACKSON             

Mother:  Mary Florence KOHRY

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 15/3/1954                          

Place: Hawthorn, Victoria                         

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 27/10/1917; shrapnel wound, legs

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Auburn State School

St Davids Uniting Church

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary