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Harold Melmouth JACKSON

Regimental number4634
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolEast Fremantel State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHorse driver
Address41 Glyde Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, A M Jackson, 41 Glyde Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date10 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 12 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 20), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Mary JACKSON, 76 Duke Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia. Native of South Australia
Family/military connections2 brothers fought in France & Belgium one gained the Military Medal
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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