Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Paul Jacobson, detail from a

group photo probably taken

in Egypt in 1915,  Courtesy of

Margery Burston.

Jacobson P  Pte  1312    Paul      14 Inf Bn    21    Clerk    Single    C of E        

Address: Moonee Ponds, Chaucer St, 26   

Next of kin: Jacobson, J, Chaucer St, Moonee Ponds    

Enlisted: 19 Sep 1914       

Embarked: A38 Ulysses 22 Dec 1914  

Prior service: 1 year senior cadets 58 area

                    CMF  58 Inf Regt, 3 years

Returned to Australia and discharged 23 May 1915, for disciplinary reasons

Later served as Jacobson P Pte 2931       Paul      29th Inf Bn   22 Clerk  Single   C of E

Re-enlisted 8 Dec 1915

Address: Essendon, McCarron Pte, 55

Next of Kin: Julius Jacobson, 55 McCarron Pde, Essendon

Embarked: A14 Euripides 4 Apr 1916     

Relatives on Active Service:

Jacobson A Staff Nurse  sister

Jacobson-B-L-Pte  brother

Jacobsohn-J-R-Pte-48 brother

Dart F R Sapper discharged  future brother-in-law

De Boos W K Sgt  brother in law (Euroa)

Mentioned in this publication:

St Thomas' Parish Magazine April 1915 p2

INTERCESSIONS.

The prayers of parishioners are asked for

our soldiers, who have gone from this parish:

..... Julius Rudolph Jacobsohn, Paul

Jacobsohn....

Essendon Gazette article about the St Thomas' Harriers, 8 April 1915

Article in Winner based on letter from Harry Manners 21 Mar 1917

See also:

St Thomas' Harriers

War Service Commemorated

Ascot Vale State School "Noble Deeds"                                                                                               

St Thomas' Anglican Church                

St Thomas' Grammar & Carlton College                            

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded                

Regimental Register

Ascot Vale State School Noble Deeds

"Jacobson, Paul, Private Born 12th Aug 1894 Enlisted 1914  He served with the infantry in France, at

Armentieres and the Somme. Before and after the war he was a clerk."