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Jackson, Robert Nelson

Born Hobart Tasmania the son of Robert and Susan Jackson, a book seller he embarked Brisbane 29^th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 25^th Infantry Battalion.  He arrived in Gallipoli in January 1916 and two months later was deployed to France with the 29^th Battalion to join the Allied effort on the Western Front.

He was killed in action 29^th July 1916 at Pozieres France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Mr Robert Jackson bookseller of Liverpool-Street, Hobart received news this week that his son, Robert Nelson Jackson had been killed in action in France. The deceased soldier was the third son of Mr. Jackson, and was born in Hobart in 1888. He was educated at St. David's Boys' School and at Leslie House School. He was living in Queensland when the war broke out and enlisted in the 25th Battalion. He was at Gallipoli, and at the conclusion of that campaign was amongst the first lot of troops landed in Franco. The deceased was well-known in athletic circles and was very fond of boxing at which he was an apt pupil.

The Mercury 9^th September 1916

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