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Jack was the second of two sons born to Arthur Robert, a veteran of the ANZAC landing & recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Kathleen (known as May) Davy. His late uncle, Horace Frank Charles, was killed in action in France in August 1916 aged nineteen.
His elder brother Horace served with the 2/8th Field Ambulance, was a Rat of Tobruk and served for over five years until peace was declared

Jack's great grandfather, Henry & his three brothers migrated from Durham, England in 1840 aboard the sailing ship Diadem and each had purchased 20 acre blocks of land in New Glenelg SA, where they established market gardens. He grew up on a section of these properties situated on Adelaide Road, (now Oaklands Rd) that his father Arthur still farmed throughout his childhood.

Jack worked for a short time with the SA Police Department before spending the rest of his working life as a Quarantine Officer with the Department of Agriculture mainly inspecting food and other goods to detect and prevent the entry of stock diseases entering the country.

On 7th May, 1960 Jack married Irene ( known as Joan ) Burrows, moved into a family home at Plympton Park, but did not raise any children. Jack was a very devoted Uncle and spent considerable time socialising with his brother Horace and his family.

In 1997 at the age of 76 Joan passed away and Jack spent much of his remaining years travelling within Australia until passing in 2009 aged 85