ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

JACKSON, William John

Full Name: William John

JACKSON

Date of Birth: 03

–

1884

Place of birth: Bunbury

Australia

Occupation: Labourer

Address: Hope Street Palmyra WA

Next of Kin: Wife-Matilda Jackson Father-Mathew Jackson Mother-Loisa Jackson

Next of Kin Address: Hope Street Palmyra WA

Religion: Roman Catholic

Service Number: 1952

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 28th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-06-24

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-09-02

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-09-25

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KIA

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Villers Bretonneux France

Age at Death: 34

Burial Location: inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial-No known grave

24/06/1915- Completed Medical Examination Perth
21/08/1915- Joined 28th Battalion 3rd Reinforcements Blackboy Hill WA as Private
25/09/1915- Disembarked Alexandria Egypt ex Fremantle & transferred to Overseas Training Base Egypt
12/10/1915-Joined 28th Battalion Anzac Gallipoli Peninsula Turkey
10/01/1916-Disembarked Alexandria Egypt ex. Mudros ex Gallipoli
16/03//1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary forces bound for Marseilles France
21/03/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France & rejoined 28th Battalion in the field France
7/11/1916-Admitted 7th Australian Field Ambulance Hospital France ( Trench Feet )  then transferred to  Casualty Clearing Station
15/11/1916- Discharged to Duty & Rejoined Battalion in the field France
16/11/1916 – 18/11/1916-Killed in Action Villers Brettoneux France

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star – No. 23138

British War Medal – No. 22827

Victory Medal – No. 22658

Memorial Scroll/Plaque – No. 314124

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Villers-Brettoneux Memorial, France

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 113

Bunbury War Memorial, WA

Western Australian State War Memorial, Kings Park, Perth WA

Anzac Way in Albany, WA

Memorial Plaque at Point Walter, Perth, WA.