JORDON, Robert Jamieson

JORDON,  Robert  Jamieson

Full Name: Robert Jamieson

JORDON ( JORDAN )

Date of Birth: 08

1881

Place of birth: Echuca, VIC

Australia

Occupation: Mill Hand

Address: 121 Aberdeen Street Perth, WA

Next of Kin: Wife – Eillen Beatrice Jordan

Next of Kin Address: Beverley WA

Religion: Presbyterean

Service Number: 1234/1550

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 28th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-05-03

Enlistment Location: Perth

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-06-05

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-06-28

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Died of Wounds

Date of Death:

Place of Death: France

Age at Death: 34

Burial Location: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension Nord – Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 188.

29/04/1915- Completed Medical Examination Perth WA
3/05/1915- To 28th Battalion 1st Reinforcements Perth WA as Private
29/06/1915- To Overseas Base Depot Egypt ex Australia
14/07/1915- Joined 28th Battalion at Overseas Training Base Egypt
30/08/1915- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces for Gallipoli Peninsula
4/11/1915- Admitted 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station Anzac Gallipoli ( Jaundice ) ex 6th Australian Field Ambulance
15/11/1915- Evacuated/Admitted No. 3 Aux Hospital Heliopolis Egypt ex Hospital Ship Gallipoli
10/12/1915- Discharged from Hospital & Transferred to Overseas Base Depot Giza Egypt
28/01/1916- Transferred To Overseas Base Depot Zeitoun Egypt
11/03/1916- Rejoined Battalion at Canal Zone ex Base Depot Zeitoun
19/03/1916- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France ( Disembarked 26/03/1916 )
14/04/1916- Wounded in Action France ( Shrapnel Wounds Back, Side & Head )
15/04/1916- Evacuated/Admitted 8th Casualty Clearing Station ex 7th Field Ambulance
15/04/1916- Died of Wounds Received in Action France ( Died  at 8th Casualty Clearing Station at 4.20a.m. )

Service Medals Awarded

1914/15 Star – No. 23196

British War Medal – No. 14186

Victory Medal – No. 14129

Commemorative Plaque & Scroll – No. 311997

 

Memorial Inscription

Yarloop War Memorial, WA

 

**** Special thanks to Anne HAYLOCK whose Research found that the Soldier was working at Hoffman’s Mill, Yarloop as a Mill Hand in 1914 “.****