JACKSON W.

JACKSON W.

Given Names: Wilfred Oldfield

Service Number: 1200

Unit: Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 6

Rank: Gunner

Paybook Number:

Age: 20 Yrs

Occupation: Bank Clerk

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 17/8/1914

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: FATHER Alfred Jackson

8 Highfield Grove, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 20/10/1914

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Shropshire A9

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship:

Embarked: 9/12/1918

Disembarked:

Unit: 5th Field Artillery Brigade

Rank: Captain

Discharge Date:

Place:

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: Awarded

British War Medal: Awarded

Victory Medal: Awarded

Other: Military Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year: 27/10/1894

Place: Eaglehawk, Victoria

Father: Alfred JACKSON

Mother: Annie TURNER

MARRIAGE

Year: 1921

Place: Victoria

Spouse: Isabel Dora CROTHERS

DEATH

Date or Year: 16/1/1958

Place: Fitzroy, Victoria

Burial: Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Left Australia with the first contingent

Served in Egypt, Gallipoli and France

Promoted to Lieutenant on 16/3/1916

Promoted to Captain 5/1/1918

Military Cross recommendation dated 5/3/1918 for skillful reconnaissance work at Passchendaele

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

Springvale Walls of Remembrance