Frederick Charles JACKSON

Regimental number12/1996
Date of birth3 June 1884
Place of birthBunnythorpe
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressWalter Street, Otahuhu, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30.6
Height5' 5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, G A Jackson, Whitianga, Mercury Bay, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 10), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: George Albert Jackson, Whitianga, Mercury Bay. Native of Bunnythorpe. Manawatu
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915.

Admitted to 4th Field Ambulance, 20 July 1915 (influenza); discharged to duty, 24 July 1915; rejoined unit, 26 July 1915.

Killed in action, 8 August 1915.

War service: 210 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 18052467