Facsimile of the Victoria Cross awarded to John William Alexander Jackson, March 1916
Facsimile of the Victoria Cross awarded to John William Alexander Jackson, March 1916
Facsimile of the Victoria Cross awarded to John William Alexander Jackson, March 1916
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Date
March 1916
Call Numbers
MLMSS 8667
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Manuscripts and Ephemera
Physical Description
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0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - printed ; - manuscript
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Fonds
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Copyright status : In copyright
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Contents
Includes two paper facsimiles of the Victoria Cross awarded to John W.A. Jackson. Both are signed on the back by Jackson and have a small piece of purple ribbon attached. The crosses were signed on Red Cross Day in March 1916. According to the accompanying letter received by the Mitchell Library, the medals were signed by Jackson using his left han...
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Full title
Facsimile of the Victoria Cross awarded to John William Alexander Jackson, March 1916
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These documents came to the Mitchell Library in response to the Library's general appeal for diaries and other papers of Australian servicemen and women who served in World War 1.
Digitised 2014
Digital order no:Album ID : 1238445
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
John William Alexander Jackson, 1897-1959, soldier, hotel-keeper, farmer and clerk, was born on 13 September 1897 at Gunbar near Hay, New South Wales. He enlisted as a private in the 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, on 20 February 1915 and left Sydney in May. After training in Egypt the battalion landed at Gallipoli on 20 August; in April...
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MLMSS 8667
Record Identifier
1wN2Rk0n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1wN2Rk0n
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Reference code
991908
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