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Charles Jackson

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 40 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 40 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Jackson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 30138 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 November 1885 BDM NZ1962/28829 Norfolk Island, Australia BDM NZ1962/28829
  • Date of birth
    21st November 1885 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Norfolk Islands Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of John & Evelyn JACKSON of Norfolk Island Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - https://natlib.govt.nz/records/44564611
  • Address before enlistment
    C/- Mr Leathart, Graham Street, Green Lane Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    Whaler Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23029330?search%5Bi%5D%5Bname_authority_id%5D=-350445&search%5Bpath%5D=items
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Evelyn Jackson (mother), Norfolk Island, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Charles Fletcher JACKSON married Minnie Lenora EDMONDS Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 August 2024 - Milhttps://natlib.govt.nz/records/44564611itary Record

Service

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 14 March 1916 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

    43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras.

    Enlisted 14 March 1916 and embarked Wellington 19 August 1916 to disembark Devonport, United Kingdom 25 October 1916. Attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company Royal New Zealand Engineers 6 December 1916 to 28 February 1917 when posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Transferred to hospitals in United Kingdom sick from 3 October 1917 and then to New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot, Boscombe 3 October 1917. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 12 April 1918 and then from No.8 Rest Camp to the New Zealand Depot Unit of Supply in Marseille for passage to Egypt 16 May 1918 via SS Canberra. Posted to the Rarotongan Company in the field on 15 June 1918. Returned via SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Died Auckland 12 January 1962. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    12 January 1962 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Russell Cemetery (Kororareka Cemetery), Russell, Far North District, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 40 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927. AWMM

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09 August 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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