Cyril Patrick Melbourne JACKSON

Regimental number23/1913
OccupationClerk
Next of kinFather, G S Jackson, Nelson Street, Picton
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 47 Willochra and HMNZT 48 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCompany Sergeant Major
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBrandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 (Plot I, Row K, Grave No 4), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Martha and the late George S. Jackson, Blenheim
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 27