Ernest Bede JACKSON

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Service Number:	1050
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunnythorpe, Manawatu, Wanganui, New Zealand, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Tyre Fitter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hermies British Cemetery Hermies British Cemetery, Hermies, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1050, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1050, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
9 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 1050, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1050 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-09

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Ernest Bede JACKSON was born in 1890 in Bunnythorpe, Manawatu, Wanganui, New Zealand

His parents were George Albert JACKSON and Mary Ann Julia LEACH

He enlisted on 20th April, 1916 with the Light Trench Mortar Battery, 1st Reinforcements

He was Killed in Action on 9th April, 1917 in France

Buried Hermies British Cemetery, Row C, grave 6

ARTICLE from Auckland War Museum

Ernest was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal