1DRL/0379 - Jackson, Harry Melville (Sergeant, b.1893 - d.1916)

ID number
1DRL/0379
Title
Jackson, Harry Melville (Sergeant, b.1893 - d.1916)
Maker
Jackson, Harry Melville
Object type
Papers
Places made
  • Australia;
  • France;
  • North Africa: Egypt;
Date made
1915-1916
Measurement
3 wallets: 4 cm.
Access
Open
Collection
Private Record
Description
Collection relating to the service of 1766 Sergeant Harry Melville Jackson, 13 Battalion, Australia, Egypt, Gallipoli, France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of letters sent by Harry Jackson to his mother in Sydney, two diaries kept by Sergeant Harry Jackson, which together cover the period from May 1915 to February 1916, and a newspaper cutting referring to Private (later Lieutenant) John Buckle, 13 Battalion.
Summary
Biographical note: Served with the 13th Battalion, AIF. Died on 15 August 1916 in an advanced German dressing-station at Tilloy (Somme) of wounds received at Pozieres. Other biographical details concerning him are: of Sydney; born Glebe, NSW; educated at Sydney High School; enlisted in the AIF on 28 January 1915; age at time of death, 23.

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