Studio portrait of 2380 Private (Pte) William Turner Jackson, 1st Battalion, of Ryde, NSW. A ...

Studio portrait of 2380 Private (Pte) William Turner Jackson, 1st Battalion, of Ryde, NSW. A butcher prior to enlistment on 21 May 1915, Pte Jackson embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Orsova (A67) on 14 July. Following training in Egypt, the 1st Battalion reinforcements were transported to Gallipoli on 4 November 1915, only a few weeks prior to the evacuation. At the end of the Gallipoli campaign the unit returned to Egypt, with Jackson being promoted to Corporal and transferred to the newly formed 53rd Battalion as part of the doubling of the AIF in early 1916. His battalion proceeded to France on 27 June 1916 and fought their first major battle on 19 July at Fromelles. Jackson was seriously wounded on the first day of the battle receiving a gunshot wound to his spine. He never fully recovered from his injuries and returned to Australia on 16 October 1916 on medical grounds and was discharged soon after. Florence May Jackson, the daughter of William and his wife Lanetta went on to serve in the Second World War with the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force and was stationed at Brisbane Wireless Station as a teleprinter operator. She was killed in an aircraft crash at Archerfield aerodrome, Queensland on 27 March 1943 and is commemorated at Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery.

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