Alfred
Lachlan
Jack
Born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas McKendrick Jack
and Catherine (McTaggart) Pope
Husband of
Ethel Eleanor Annie (Priest) Jack
— married
1908 in New Zealand
Father of
Muriel (Jack) Press and Alfred Percival Jack
Died
at about age 34
in Gelibolu, Ottoman Empire
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Biography
Alfred Jack is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Sergeant Alfred Jack was killed at Gallipoli during World War I.
Alfred Lachlan Jack was born in 1881 at Christchurch, New Zealand. He was the son of Thomas Jack and Catherine McTaggart. [1]
In 1908 he married Ethel Annie Ellen Priest. [2]
After having two children in New Zealand, his wife passed away in 1910. Alfred moved to Australia with the children. He enlisted for the First World War at Melbourne, naming his young daughter as next of kin (address - 149 Flemington Rd, North Melbourne); and fought with the Australian Army. He was killed in action at Gallipoli, 28 August 1915. [3] He was buried at Hill 60 Cemetery, Gallipoli. [4]
Sources
- ↑ NZ BDM Birth search: 1881/4410 Jack Alfred Laughlin || Catherine || Thomas Mackendrick.
- Birthplace of Christchurch from the Australia military file.
- The spelling "Lachlan" is used on every other record so I am taking "Laughlin" on this birth to be an irregularity.
- ↑ NZ BDM Marriage search: 1908/866 Ethel Annie Ellen Priest || Alfred Lachlan Jack
- ↑
Military:
"Australia, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920"
National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60864 #222957 (accessed 18 June 2023)
Name: Alfred Lachlan Jack; Age: 33; Birth Year: abt 1881; Birth Place: Christchurch, New Zealand; Dossier Year Range: 1914-1920; Enlistment Place: Melbourne, Victoria; Service Number: 1432; Child: Muriel Jack; Next of Kin: Muriel JACK. - ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #56141275
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