Serial Number and Rank

867 Private

Birth

Milton 3 May 1890

Parents

James Jackson and Clara Smith

Enlisted

Lismore 3 September 1914

Next of Kin

F. James Jackson of Lillian Rock Nimbin

Service

3rd LH and A & D Company 9th Battalion Reg. No. 867.

Death

DOW on hospital ship 'Gascon' - 2 May 1914, wounds received 28 April 1915 Anzac Cove

Burial

Lone Pine Memorial. Also there is a memorial at Woodstock Congregational Cemetery Milton with Mothers headstone.

Honour Rolls

Milton Public School
Croobyar Public School
Milton Congregational

Notes

Ernest helped to form the Cadet Corps in Milton.
Brother - Henry Phillip Jackson

Sources

Roll on Honour application and war service record.