Henry Davis Jacobs

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 29 April 1894, Morven, South Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Died 23 April 1917, in action, Belgium
  • Killed In Action 23 April 1917, Messines, Belgium
  • Last rank Gunner/Trooper
  • Service number 9/1443
  • Served In New Zealand Field Artillery, Otago Mounted Rifles, 7th Reinforcements
  • Next of Kin Mrs Jane Jacobs (mother), Morven, South Canterbury
  • Pre-war occupation Railway Cadet, New Zealand Govt
  • ReligionMethodist
  • Enlisted23 August 1915, Trentham
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 32, Aparima, departed 9 October 1915, Wellington, disembarked 20 November 1915, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationGallipoli 1915, Egyptian 1915-1916, Egyptian E.F. 1916 and Western European 1916-1917
  • BuriedBerks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium. Grave reference: I. K. 25.
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

Medals sent to Mrs Jane Jacobs.