| Place | Asia: China |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | REL39099.002 |
| Collection type | Heraldry |
| Object type | Medal |
| Physical description | Silver |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | United Kingdom |
| Date made | c 1901 |
| Conflict |
China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising) |
China Medal 1900 : Able Seaman J H Jackson, NSW Naval Contingent
Description
China War Medal 1900 impressed around the edge with the recipient's details.
History / Summary
Associated with 96 Trooper J H Jackson, 1 Australian Commonwealth Horse. John Henry Jackson was born at Manchester, England in 1858 and immigrated to Australia. In 1883 Jackson married Emily Easson at St Leonards, NSW, with whom he would have nine children. He embarked at Sydney on 8 August 1900 as an Able Seaman with the NSW Naval Contingent to the Boxer Uprising in China aboard SS Salamis. He returned to Australia on 25 April 1901 aboard SS Chingtu. Jackson was working as a storeman when he enlisted in the Commonwealth Contingent for South Africa in Sydney on 20 January 1902. Trooper Jackson served in South Africa with the 1st Australian Commonwealth Horse seeing action in Transvaal and the Cape Colony. John Henry Jackson died in 1928.