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Victor Arthur JACQUES

Regimental number62
Place of birthGlenorchy, Tasmania
SchoolGlenorchy State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchardist
AddressGlenorchy, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Samuel Jacques, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Previous military serviceIn Derwent Regiment from 15 years of age
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name12th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollWarrant Officer (Class II)
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


Refers ANZAC.
Mention in Despatches awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', fourth Supplement, No. 29664, 11 July 1916; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 176, 30 November 1916.

FateDied of wounds 31 July 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
66
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Susannah JACQUES, Glenorchy, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

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