Alban Brittain Jackson
Born 17 Jun 1892 - Died 29 Aug 1918
- Service number
- WWI 12/2613 AWMM
- Also known as
- Albie AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Alban Brittain AWMM
- Surname
- Jackson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Albie AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/2613 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 17 Jun 1892 AWMM
Auckland, New Zealand AWMM - Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 13 Mar 1915 AWMM Jubilee Avenue, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Jane Jackson (mother), 1 Jubilee Avenue, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs A.B. Jackson (wife), 21st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, England AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/2613 AWMM
- Military service
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 13 Mar 1915 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Native Lands Clerk/Civilian AWMM - WW1 Law Clerk/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 13 Mar 1915 AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM - WW1 02 Mar 1918-08 Apr 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 101 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 35th Reinforcements, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 5 inches AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
143 pounds AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded in action on the Somme, 28 September 1916 (gunshot wound to side) AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
St John's Ambulance Brigade Hospital, Etaples AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
2nd General Hospital, Walton AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Alban Jackson was the second son of Frederick and Jane Jackson, of Devonport, New Zealand, husband of Effie Vinca Proctor, of 36 Summerfield Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, a nurse whom he met whilst in hospital recovering from wounds.
Attended Devonport School and entered Auckland Boys Grammar in 1906.
Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club
He joined his unit at Gallipoli 29 September 1915, appointed Lance Corporal the same day
Nominated for commission 30 April 1917, training in Officer Cadet Unit and promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 28 August 1917
Returned to New Zealand on leave 2 November 1917- 15 May 1918
Returned to France 6 August 1918
Three sons, brothers, served in WW1. Ernest James Jackson (21023) and Alban Jackson (12/2613) were killed a week apart; Gainor Jackson (41978) survived.
Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).
SuppNom: Ex 6th Reinforcements
Next of Kin: Mrs E. V. Jackson, Edgbaston, Birmingham (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - JACKSON, Mr A Brittain, of the firm Earl & Kent, was among the Sergeants who left for Trentham on Saturday to join the sixth expeditionary reinforcement draft. Prior to his leaving he was made the recipient of a handsome present in the form of a pair of binoculars from the principals and a writing case from the staff. Mr Jackson, who is an old Grammar School boy, has been appointed office correspondence at the front to the Grammar School Old Boys’ Association. [AWN 25.03.1915, p.56]Public - Christine - Researcher - 1 March 2022 - Auckland Weekly News
- Alban Jackson was the second son of Frederick and Jane Jackson, of Devonport, New Zealand, husband of Effie Vinca Proctor, of 36 Summerfield Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, a nurse whom he met whilst in hospital recovering from wounds.
About death
- Death
- 29 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM II. E. 11. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1918, Third term AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
- Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- Roll of Honour, Holy Trinity (Anglican) Church, 20 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18052393
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880238
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Devonport School War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-school-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - Devonport First World War memorial
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
Further Reference - Parish of Devonport, Auckland, (Anglican), Holy Trinity and St Augustine's Churches
http://www.holytrinity.gen.nz/index.html
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Devonport War Memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=691
Further Reference - Devonport War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/DBC859/searchdevonport.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/205969/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/205969
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 360 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
80: 9 - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1918, Third term - 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. 2: Includes portrait - The New Zealand Herald
Wednesday, April 6, 2016, D3 "Homestead seeks a new family" - The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- 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.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915
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