Ernest Reuben JACOBSON

Regimental number30593
OccupationBuilder
Next of kinMother, Mrs C C Jacobson, 43 Stanley Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellingtron Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 6), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Alfred and Caroline Charlotte Jacobson, 43 Stanley Street, Berhampore, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 5

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