George JESSOL

Regimental number12/1442
Date of birth14 September 1887
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMokau
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 6"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinAunt, Mrs J J Waite, Belle Road, Remuera, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in Hawera Mounted Rifles; no longer serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date20 October 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 10), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs S Bartlett (formerly Jessol), 123 Glebe Road, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to Isolation Ward, Intarfa Hospital, Malta, 1 April 1915 (gonorrhoea); discharged from hospital, 12 July 1915; total period of treatnment for venereal disease: 102 days.

Embarked Malta for Egypt, 12 July 1915 ('fit'); attached to NZ Advanced Base, Mustapha, 16 July 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to rejoin unit, 21 July 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 28 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Now, 21 August 1915, reported 'Killed in action, 8 August 1915'.

War service: 293 days (of which 238 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18053466