| Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0376 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 2 cm. |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Jack, Clifford Robert |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1928 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/809 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Jack, Clifford Robert (Lance Corporal, b.1890 - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 1941 Lance Corporal Clifford Robert Jack, 35 Battalion AIF, Sydney, at sea, Salisbury Plains, France, 1916-1918. Collection includes photostat copies of letters written by Lance Corporal Jack to his family in Australia, a letter from Colonel William Riddell Birdwood, and a telegram to Mrs. Jack notifying her that Lance Corporal Jack was missing in action. Location of original letters unknown.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lance Corporal, 35th Bn, AIF, who on 5 April 1918 was mortally wounded at Villers-Bretonneux. Postal assistant: of Alphington, Vic., born Abbotsford, Vic; educated at Fairfield Park State School; joined the AIF on 26 March 1916; age at time of death 28. (His brother, Harold Roy Jack, served with the AIF for 4 years and survived the war). Mother's name - Emily Annie Jack.