Gainor Jackson

Forenames

Gainor AWMM

Surname

Jackson AWMM

Service number

WWI 41978 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

13 Oct 1893 AWMM

Post war occupation

• Accountant/Civilian AWMM
• Company director/Civilian AWMM

Next of kin

Frederick Ernest Jackson (father), 1 Jubilee Avenue, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Nov 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 41978 AWMM

Military service

• 5 New Zealand Infantry (Reserve) Brigade AWMM
• 4 Res Battalion, AIR AWMM
• 4 New Zealand Infantry Reserve Brigade AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 03 Jan 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM
Accountant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 97 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
Old age AWMM

Last rank

WW1 2 Mar 1919 AWMM
End of war AWMM
Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM

Three sons, brothers, served in WW1. Ernest James Jackson (21023) and Alban Jackson (12/2613) were killed a week apart; Gainor Jackson (41978) survived.

Served as infantry and transport officer in Belgium and France

Home Guard at Devonport in WW2

Vice Patron Devonport RSA. Regularly led ANZAC parade as Parade Marshall at Devonport

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland). AWMM

Death

1 Nov 1975 AWMM
Age  82 AWMM

Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Cemetery

O'Neill's Point Cemetery, 122 Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, North Shore, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18052472
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=695
  Further Reference

References

• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  75: 3
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 97. (1918). From Maoriland to Blighty: Being the browsings of Brown’s cows: S.S. Tahiti, February 1918 (31st Reinforcements). Bennett Brothers, Military and General Printers.