Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Alice Jacobson, circa 1915, detail from a
group photo below, probably taken in
Egypt in 1915. Courtesy of Margery
Burston.
Jacobson A Staff Nurse Alice 1 AGH 29 Staff Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Chaucer St, 26
Next of Kin: Jacobson, Mrs, mother, 26 Chaucer St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 18 May 1915
Embarked: RMS Mooltan 18 May 1915
Relatives:
Jacobson-B-L-Pte brother
Jacobsohn-J-R-Pte-48 brother
Jacobson-P-Pte-1312 brother
Dart F R Sapper discharged future brother-in-law
Alice Augusta Jacobson was a daughter of Julius & Mary, 26 Chaucer St Moonee Ponds.
Sister Jacobson had been nursing for 10 yrs in hospitals as far afield as Gippsland and
Hobart before she enlisted. She married Sgt William Kinglake De Boos in March 1917,
later RTA and settled in Dimboola. She died in 1969 aged 83.
(Information courtesy of Marilyn Kenny.)
'Nurse A Jacobson, who has gone to assist in
nursing the injured'. Essendon Gazette, 19 Jun 1915.
Nurses Grewar and Jacobsen are amongst the locally trained nurses who
have enlisted, and Nurse Effie Campbell, formerly of Maffra, has also joined
and will leave for the front with the others, including Nurse Gerrand, very
soon.
PERSONAL. (1915, May 10). Gippsland Times
(Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3 (MORNINGS.).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62353520
MOTHERS OF ESSENDON BOYS MAKE PRESENTATION TO NURSE
The mothers of the men in No 1 Machine Gun Section of 7th Battalion, now at the Dardanelles, met on Thursday afternoon, at the residence of Mrs A Barker, "Cardella" Waratah street, Ascot Vale, to make the acquaintance of Nurse Jacobsohn, who is leaving for the front in a few days. Those present included Mrs Whitelaw, Mrs J Mathews, Mrs C Giles, Mrs R Bunning, Mrs C Middleton, Mrs E Ryan, Mrs Jacobsohn, Mrs McGregor and Mrs Bowman. A pleasant afternoon was spent by all who availed themselves of the opportunity to present the nurse with a gift of £5 5s, subscribed by the mothers present. This presentation was made by the mothers of the men, to mark their appreciation of the gallant deeds of all the Australians in their baptism of fire. Mrs C Middleton asked Nurse Jacobsohn to take charge of a parcel intended for the boys of this section, which was a present from her, and the nurse promised to hand it over to the first of them she should come in contact with. The reunion was a very pleasant one for all present, as their sons, before departing with the first contingent, had asked the mothers to keep in touch with each other, with a view to hearing all the latest of their whereabouts that might come to hand. After light refreshments and some music, the meeting dispersed with hopes for the safety of all Australians now assisting to keep the colours flying.
The Essendon Gazette, 13 May 1915 courtesy of M Kenny.
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Sister Alice Jacobson is seated in the centre of the photo with her brother Julius Rudolph Jacobsohn behind to her right in a pith helmet. Her brother Paul Jacobson is seated in the middle row, far right. The photo was been taken in 1915 in the grounds of Luna Park, Cairo, where an Australian General Hospital was set up. Hospital patients had their clothes and boots taken away, and had only pajamas to wear until their return to duty. Courtesy of Margery Burston.
Heliopolis, Egypt, showing the staff of the No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, 1st Australian General Hospital.
Alice Jacobson is identified second from the left in the third from from the front. Alice's friends,
Sister Grewar (from Moonee Ponds) and Sister King are also in this portrait. Australian War
Memorial Collection. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P00173.001
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No 1 AGH, France,
July 14th.
St. Thomas' Red Cross, Essendon.
Thank you very much indeed for the four dressing gowns which arrived last week. They could not have arrived at a better time, as the weather here is so cold and we have been so busy. You will know by the papers that we have been kept very busy since the rush. Sister Homan and I are in the same ward, and we both come from Essendon, so we have the gowns for our boys I have also given two to two other wards. Thanking you very much indeed.
Yours sincerely,
ALICE JACOBSON.
PATRIOTIC. (1916, November 23). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 6 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved March 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74600885
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DE BOOS-JACOBSON. -On the 28th March, 1917, at Holy Trinity Church, Southall, England, William Kinglake (Sergt, A.I.F, late National Bank), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lane De Boos of Euroa, to Alice A. (Sister, A.I.F.), second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jacobson, "Moseley,"
55 McCarron Parade, Essendon. (By cable.)
The Argus 25 April 1917 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1613078
Alice Jacobson's husband, from the
Record of war service of bank and staff 1914-1919
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WEDDING.
DE BOOS — JACOBSON.
Interesting particulars have been received by the mail regarding the
wedding of Sgt. Wm. K. DeBoos, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
DeBoos, with Miss Alice A. Jacobson (Sister, A.I.F.), daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacobson, of Essendon, which took place in England on March 28th.
The marriage was celebrated at 11.15 a.m. at Holy Trinity, Southall. The
bride wore a navy coat and skirt, with French-grey collar, white crepe-de-
chine blouse, and navy straw hat lined with silk; also black fox furs. Major
Brook-Moore gave the bride away. Sister Agnes King, of Mansfield (sis-
ter of Miss King, of Gooram school, attended as bridesmaid, and Sgt. Hen-
derson, 6th Batt., of Castlemaine, was best man. The ceremony was des-
cribed as a very nice, simple, little wedding, which passed off most hap-
pily. Among those present were Sister Gerrard (who came over from
France for the occasion), Sisters Grewar and North, of Sale, Gippsland,
a large number of friends of the bride and bridegroom, Sisters from the No.
2 Auxiliary Hospital, and quite a battalion of patients, mostly on crutches.
On leaving the church showers of confetti greeted the wedding party, and
an Egyptian slipper was attached to the taxi in which the happy couple
drove to London, where two or three days were spent. Many beautiful
presents were received, and the bride-groom's gift to the bride was a true
lover's knot of diamonds on a long bar, with a pearl in the centre.
WEDDING. (1917, July 6). Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920), p. 3.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70376526
Mentioned in this publication:
Letter from de Boos to his father. THE EVACUATION OF GALLIPOLI. (1916, June 16). Gippsland Mercury (Sale, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: morning. Retrieved December 19, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90617381
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Town Hall F-L
St Thomas' Anglican Church
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