Name
Norman Leslie Jackson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
23/07/1918
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
845
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
29th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
III. F. 13.
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial, St John's Church, Digswell
Pre War
Norman Leslie Jackson was born in Stawell, Victoria, the son of Henry and Ellen Jackson. He was educated at Nott Street State School, Port Melbourne and worked as an accountant. He lived at 42 Swallow Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 21 July 1915 as a Sergeant in the 29th Battalion, C Company. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915. He was later commissioned as a lieutenant but was killed in action on 23 July 1918, age 27.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
aif.adfa.edu.au
