Jack, Andrew Howard

Western FrontAll Campaigns

20 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Jack

NAME

Andrew Howard

PLACE OF BIRTH

Port Douglas

OCCUPATION

Labourer

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Townsville, Qld

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

31/01/1916

NEXT OF KIN

Miss Cecilia Jack [Sister] Mill St. Mossman, Qld.

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Born in Port Douglas

REGIMENT 1

11th Machine Gun Company

RANK

Lance Corporal

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

KILLED IN ACTION

Yes 12/10/1917

OTHER INFORMATION

Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

Andrew Howard Jack was born in Port Douglas and enlisted in Townsville on 31/01/1916. (He was the eldest son of Andrew Jack of Killaloe, one of two people killed in the devastating cyclone of 1911).

He embarked for overseas on H.M.T."Borda" on 13/07/1917. He was in hospital a few times. On the 16th of December 1916 it was for inflamed feet then on the 22nd of December he was sick in the field. On the 22/01/1917 he rejoined his unit but on the 23/02/1917 he was wounded in action then rejoined his unit agaln on the 8/07/1917.

Unfortunately on the 12/10/1917 he was killed in action "in the field" in Belgium.

SERVICE NO