Brigadier General Alexander Jobson DSO VD FACCP was born on 2nd April 1875 at Clunes, Victoria (Australia). He was a son of Christopher Jobson and Elizabeth McColl.[1] Alexander started working at fourteen years of age as a junior clerk with the Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) in Melbourne.
He studied accountancy and qualified as an Associate of the Institute of Actuaries and a Fellow of the Australian Corporation of Public Accountants.
Alexander married Ruth MacFarland, daughter of Judge Alfred MacFarland in 1905 at St Thomas' Church of England (Anglican Church), North Sydney, New South Wales.[2]Having enlisted in the Scottish Rifles in August 1898 and commissioned as a Lieutenant, Alexander, had eighteen years military experience behind him when he joined the Australian Imperial Force in 1916, during the First World War. He was given command of the 9th Infantry Brigade and promoted to Colonel. Twice on the Western Front, during the absence of Major General John Monash in 1917, Jobson became acting commander of the 3rd Division. His brigade was involved in a number of raids and Jobson was Mentioned in Despatches for his part. Feeling unwell and seemingly agitated, Jobson relinquished command in August 1917 and returned to Australia where his appointment with the AIF was terminated on 9th December. Monash arranged for him to be again Mentioned in Despatches and appointed Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in the 1918 New Year Honours. He was also awarded the Volunteer Officer's Decoration (VD) for twenty years service in the army.
After the war, Jobson held a number of company directorates, most notably director of AMP in 1925 and Vice Chairman in 1932.
He collapsed and died from a coronary occlusion on 7th November 1933 on King Street, Sydney, New South Wales.[3]
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