Maurice JACKSON

JACKSON, Maurice

Service Number: 1024
Enlisted: 10 September 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nottingham, England, October 1887
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation: Labourer

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World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 7th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 1024, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 1024, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd Krithia
7 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
8 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 14th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, Shell shock. Rejoined unit 22 September 1916.
16 Oct 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 14th Infantry Battalion, GSW right arm/hand sustained manning the trenches in the Ypres salient.
28 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, Served various periods of detention in England due to multiple charges of being AWL.
26 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, France
15 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1024, 14th Infantry Battalion, RTA 21 April 1918 and declared medically unfit (Neurasthenia).

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