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Jackson H G     S Sgt    56

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Warrant and Non-commissioned officers of the 1st Australian Light Horse Field

Ambulance on their return from Gallipoli. Front row, from left 930 Staff Sergeant George Gilbert

Jewkes from Essendon; 56 S Sgt Henry George Jackson from Moonee Ponds (later Warrant

Officer) December 1915. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C03571

 

Jackson H G     S Sgt    56    Henry George             1 LHFA    45    Postal official    Single    C of E       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Maribyrnong Rd, 48   

Next of Kin:    Jackson, Elizabeth Sophia, 48 Maribyrnong Rd, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    18 Aug 1914      

Embarked:     A27 Southern 19 Oct 1914

Prior service:  South African War;   28 AAMC

Awards:  DCM

 

Essendon Gazette 19 August 1915

 

Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Among the list of those who gained honours in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force appears the name of Staff-Sergeant H. Jackson. As no word had been received from H. G. Jackson his office comrades verified the following as having been received by the Defence authorities, supplemented  by his private address. The following extract is taken from "The Times Weekly" of 4th June: -  "Distinguished Conduct Medal, Mediterranean Force.  The King has been graciously pleased  to approve of the following rewards for gallantry and devotion to duty in connection with the operations at the Dardanelles -—Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, No 1065, Staff-Sergeant H Jackson, Australian Army Medical Corps."   The citizens of Essendon  desire to congratulate his sister, Miss Jackson, 48 Maribyrnong Rd, Moonee  Ponds, on the honour conferred on her  brother. 

 

JACKSON. -On the 17th March at a private hospital Henry George (Harry) Jackson of 54 Maribyrnong road Moonee Ponds beloved son of the late John and Eliza and brother of J H beloved uncle of Ina Henry (Interred privately Kew Cemetery 18th March )

 

Family Notices. (1938, March 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 6. Retrieved March 9, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11168125

 

Henry George Jackson, 54 Maribyrnong Rd, Moonee Ponds, postal official.

 

On the right is James Andrew Simonsen of Ascot Vale, shown with his mate "Shorty"

Jackson.  In this photo, the Shorty Jackson is wearing the insignia of a Staff Sergeant. 

Is he Henry George Jackson?  Possibly taken in Egypt.

 

 

Mentioned in this publication:

Essendon and the Boer War with Letters from the Veldt, 1899-1902

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Flemington Branch ANA

Patriotic Concert 1914

St Thomas' Anglican Church

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

Welcome Home 7 Nov 1918

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