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Military service
Service number:
A/579
Age:
23
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Hussars, R.C.A.C.
Division:
6th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
November 12, 1920
Mossley, Ontario
Enlistment:
April 16, 1941
London, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 1.
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Sarah Isabelle Jackson, of Mossley, Ontario.
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Newspaper Article: June 23 1944<br> Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Jackson, of R.R. 1 Mossley, Ont, yesterday received a cable notifying them of the death of their son, Tpr. J.L. Jackson, who was killed in action June 6th. It is presumed he was a casualty of the invasion of France. Trooper Jackson enlisted in London in April 1941, and went overseas in November of the same year. He was 23 years of age. Before enlisting, Trooper Jackson was active in the community at Gladstone and farmed in that district. He was a member of the Gladstone Baptist Church. -
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Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
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Trooper Jack Leslie Jackson
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Commemorated on:
Page 343 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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