Regimental number | 4524 |
Place of birth | Numurkah, Victoria |
School | State Schools and Scots College, Launceston, Tasmania |
Other training | ICS |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Painter |
Address | 70 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, R N Jessop, 70 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 3, Reinforcement 6 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/31/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row F, Grave No. 20), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Richard and Elizabeth JESSOP, 70 Margaret Street, Launceston, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Younger brother served as gunner same war. |