Sergeant: 1151 George Thomas JACKSON.

35th BATTALION - 53rd BATTALION AIF.

Sergeant: 1151 George Thomas JACKSON.

Born: 1st July 1884. Waratah, New South Wales, Australia. Birth Cert:29412/1884.

Married: 21st July 1906. Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Marriage Cert:7750/1906.

Wife: Beatrice May Jackson (Bannister) nee: Atmore. (1887-1965)

Died: 25th October 1916. Killed in Action. Villers Bretonneux, France.

Father: George Thomas Jackson. (1841-1897)

Mother: Sarah Jane Jackson. nee: Drinkwater. (1848-1932)

INFORMATION

Private George Thomas Jackson, 53rd Battalion, miner from Minmi, New South Wales, was killed in action on the 25th October 1916, age 32.

http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1643352/

Born at Waratah, New South Wales on the 1st July 1884 to George Thomas (died 1897) and Sarah Jane (died 1932) Jackson; married Beatrice May Jackson (Bannister) nee Atmore 1906, divorced, father of one (Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jackson, born 1907, Minmi, N.S.W., of the Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone, N.S.W., died?), George enlisted December 1915 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137104294

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133848935

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article138744434

George’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

(Gary Mitchell: December 2018)

Villers Bretonneux War Memorial

Family Information

George was a divorced 31 year old Coal Miner from Minmi, New South Wales upon his enlistment with the AIF he served with the 15th Infantry (Newcastle) with the rank of Lieutenant.

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