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Private Victor Jacob “Vic” Jacobsen

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Private Victor Jacob “Vic” Jacobsen

Birth
Clifton, Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia
Death
23 Jul 1916 (aged 18)
France
Burial
Pozieres, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Add to Map
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Sp. Mem. 6.
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Service Numbers:--- 2623, 2623A

Enlisted:--- 3 August 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland

Last Rank:---Private

Last Unit:--- 12th Infantry Battalion

Born:--- Elphinstone, Queensland, 3 August 1897

Home Town:--- Maclagan, Toowoomba, Queensland

Schooling:--- Quinalow State School

Occupation:--- Labourer

Died:---Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 23 July 1916, aged 18 years

Pte. JACOBSEN Victor Jacob 2623 Born Clifton Queensland. (Commemorated-Monument list Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia) Mt Bismark via Jondaryne, Queensland 26th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement 12th Battalion (KIA 23-26 July 1916-Pozieres, Somme Sector, France.

Age 18-Pozieres British Cemetery (Special Memorial 6), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France-Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 66.


Parents: Martin and Kate JACOBSEN, Maclagan, Queensland

Service Numbers:--- 2623, 2623A

Enlisted:--- 3 August 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland

Last Rank:---Private

Last Unit:--- 12th Infantry Battalion

Born:--- Elphinstone, Queensland, 3 August 1897

Home Town:--- Maclagan, Toowoomba, Queensland

Schooling:--- Quinalow State School

Occupation:--- Labourer

Died:---Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 23 July 1916, aged 18 years

Pte. JACOBSEN Victor Jacob 2623 Born Clifton Queensland. (Commemorated-Monument list Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia) Mt Bismark via Jondaryne, Queensland 26th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement 12th Battalion (KIA 23-26 July 1916-Pozieres, Somme Sector, France.

Age 18-Pozieres British Cemetery (Special Memorial 6), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France-Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 66.


Parents: Martin and Kate JACOBSEN, Maclagan, Queensland

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"THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT"

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Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 18.

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  • Maintained by: LC
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56545604/victor_jacob-jacobsen: accessed ), memorial page for Private Victor Jacob “Vic” Jacobsen (3 Aug 1897–23 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56545604, citing Pozieres British Cemetery, Pozieres, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France; Maintained by LC (contributor 49984314).