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Clarence John Jackson

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  • Service number
    WWI 6/4068 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 17/11/1915 - 16/12/1917 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    • Lance Coporal Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)
    • Lance Corporal (of 2nd Batallion Canterbury Infantry Regiment) Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)
  • Forenames
    Clarence John AWMM
  • Surname
    Jackson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/4068 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Birth Certificate
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 April 1892 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    24/04/1892 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - UK Birth Cert
  • Place of birth
    Ripon, Yorkshire, England Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - UK Birth Cert
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    c/o Motueka address Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Family papers
  • Post war occupation
    Orchardist Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Marriage Cert
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Craven (friend), Kevin Street, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    27/07/1918 Married Edith Olive Minnie Stilwell at residence of RC Stilwell in Riwaka NZ Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Marriage Cert

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 17/11/1915 - 16/12/1917 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)
  • Service number
    WWI 6/4068 AWMM
  • Military service
    Egypt 1916, Western Europe (France) 1916-1917 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    Lance Corporal Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • 19 May 1921 British War Medal
      07 Apr 1922 Victory Medal Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trentham Camp NZ (NZEF embarkation ex Wellington) Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    • 17/11/1915 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Immigrated to NZ (Liverpool > Dunedin) by steam ship.
    Worked as a farm hand in the Nelson district Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Family papers
  • Age on enlistment
    23 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    20 May 1917 wounded in action France (to head). Hospitalised in France and London. Repatriated to NZ Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Promoted to Lance Corporal 05 May 1917.
    Company Signaller. Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - NZDF personnel records (NZ Archives)

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 March 1987 Public Source
  • Date of death
    19 March 1987 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Death Cert
  • Age at death
    94 Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Death Cert
  • Place of death
    Motueka Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Death Cert
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Motueka Cemetery (Wharf Road) Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015 - Death Cert
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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  • Remembering my grandfather Clarence Jackson who served his country by fighting in France during the great war 1916-17. He was seriously wounded in the head during the battle of the Somme but survived his wounds. After hospitalisation in England he returned to Nelson, got married, and had a very large family.
    Public - Murray - Other Relative - 28 August 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18052430
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      26: 15 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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28 August 2015MurrayWellington NZOther Relative

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