Walter Lilley Jackson
First Name:
Walter
Middle Name:
Lilley
Last Name:
Jackson
Father's Name:
William Jackson
Date Enlisted:
Friday, November 24, 1916
Rank at Enlistment:
Private
Rank at Discharge:
Corporal
Unit:
54th Battalion
Awards:
British War Medal
Date of Death:
Monday, January 11, 1937
Place of Death:
Prince Henry Hospital, NSW
Details:
Walter Jackson (Service No 3401) was born in Broken Hill, NSW around 1882. In 1913 he married Lilly Petterson.
At enlistment Walter was married, 34 years old, employed as a labourer and lived in Kiama, NSW; Walter had served 18 months with the CMF.
He embarked from Sydney on HMAT A68 Anchises with 54th Battaion, 9th Reinforcements on 24th January 1917. The troops arrived in England on 27th March 1917 and Walter served with the Training Battalion in England.
On 20th September 1917 he was promoted to Corporal.
A number of hospital admissions saw him repatriated to Australia in December 1918 and discharged medically unfit with chronic otitis media on 3rd May 1918.
He died in 1937 and is buried in Botany Cemetery, NSW.
Sources:
NAA: B2455, JACKSON WALTER LILLEY
