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Harold Lyons JACKSON

Regimental number316
Date of birth--/04/1892
Place of birthDrouin Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Clifton R Jackson, Kooyong, Rochester, Victoria
Enlistment date15 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Divisional Signal Company
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 22nd Battalion
Promotion date: 1 May 1917

Lieutenant


Unit: 2nd Divisional Signal Company
Promotion date: 18 March 1918

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).

FateReturned to Australia 15 May 1919
Family/military connectionsBrother: 290 Corporal Ernest Leslie JACKSON, 8th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 3 November 1917.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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