Corporal George Appleton Jackson
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Jackson,
George Appleton
Date of birth: 1892-03-06
Place of birth: Dalhousie West Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: Edith Pauline Jackson, wife. Bridgetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Bridgetown, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1918-09-01
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Vis-En-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt, I. E. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 282889
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(85th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Corporal, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-08-10 ?
- Sergeant (Army).
- Lance Corporal, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-07-03 to 1918-08-10
- Private, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-02-13 to 1918-07-03
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Scarpe
Commemoration location: Bridgetown Nova Scotia War Memorial and Gibson Lake Cemetery family plot
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 250326
LAC ID:
478688
Service file: B4745-S025
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Christopher Jackson and Maltha Jackson of Paradise, Nova Scotia; husband of Edith P. Jackson of Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
Uploader's Research notes: 219th Battalion Nominal Roll [Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 219th Battalion Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 219th Battalion as a Sergeant 12/10/1916. Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-17