Charles Jackson
Born 21 Nov 1885 - Died 12 Jan 1962
- Service number
- WWI 30138 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 21 Nov 1885 BDM NZ1962/28829
- Date of birth
- 21st November 1885Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Norfolk IslandsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of John & Evelyn JACKSON of Norfolk IslandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - https://natlib.govt.nz/records/44564611
- Address before enlistment
- C/- Mr Leathart, Graham Street, Green LanePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
- WhalerPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23029330?search%5Bi%5D%5Bname_authority_id%5D=-350445&search%5Bpath%5D=items
- Next of kin
- Mrs Evelyn Jackson (mother), Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Relationship status
- Charles Fletcher JACKSON married Minnie Lenora EDMONDSPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Milhttps://natlib.govt.nz/records/44564611itary Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 30138 AWMM
- Military service
- New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM
- 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 14 Mar 1916 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 19 Aug 1916-24 Oct 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 61 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 7 Mar 1919 AWMM
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.
43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras.
Enlisted 14 March 1916 and embarked Wellington 19 August 1916 to disembark Devonport, United Kingdom 25 October 1916. Attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company Royal New Zealand Engineers 6 December 1916 to 28 February 1917 when posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Transferred to hospitals in United Kingdom sick from 3 October 1917 and then to New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot, Boscombe 3 October 1917. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 12 April 1918 and then from No.8 Rest Camp to the New Zealand Depot Unit of Supply in Marseille for passage to Egypt 16 May 1918 via SS Canberra. Posted to the Rarotongan Company in the field on 15 June 1918. Returned via SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Died Auckland 12 January 1962. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 12 Jan 1962 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
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Russell Cemetery (Kororareka Cemetery), Russell, Far North District, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18052425
Further Reference - Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
38: 40 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.
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