JAYCOCK  E.E.

Given Names:  Ernest Evan

           

Service Number:  2127

Unit:  2nd Pioneer Battalion, 3rd reinforcements                                                                

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Methodist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  149 Lbs

Chest:  34-36½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Medium

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  7/4/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Catherine Jaycock

10 Cotham Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  6/6/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Wandilla A62

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

Ship:               

Embarked:      

Disembarked: 

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                        

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  42105

Victory Medal:  41660

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:    1893

Place:  Kew, Victoria                                

Father:  Evan Evans JAYCOCK                 

Mother:  Catherine Sarah PERRY

 

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse:  

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 18/4/1918                          

Place: 15th Casualty Clearing Station, France                                                          

Burial:  Ebblinghem Military Cemetery, France

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

About 4pm on 17/4/1918 a shell burst in the trench beside him; was hit in the back of the head and had three pieces right through his knee and a broken arm; was conscious; condition was critical

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 343824

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                     

Date Enlisted: 

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary