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Black and White Photograph of Charles Frederick JACKMAN, W17457

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Stan Ray

1936

Overview

A small black and white photograph of Gunner Charles Frederick JACKMAN W17457 in uniform standing in front of a garden fence with a large tree in the background and a small tree in the foreground. On the reverse of the photograph is the detail of his battalion and the year the photograph was taken, hand-written in pencil. In the centre is a circular purple ink stamp bearing the photographer’s name.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2021.8.14

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

50 mm

Height or length

76 mm

Inscriptions and markings

On back “11th Battalion / 1936 / STAN RAY / PHOTOGRAPHER”.

Contextual information

Charles Frederick JACKMAN was born on 9 May 1919 in Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He travelled to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1934, arriving on 23 December via Colombo. JACKMAN enlisted in the 24th Heavy Artillery Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (militia) on 29 July 1937 at the age of eighteen (18). He spent three (3) years and ten (10) days in service at the Princess Royal Fortress, Albany, Western Australia, and qualified as a “Layer” and “Lewis Gunner” before being discharged on 7 August 1940. On 27 August 1940, JACKMAN enlisted in the 5th Veterinary Hospital as and was discharged as “Medically Unfit” on 21 January 1941. He worked locally including at the Freemasons Hotel on Stirling Terrace for three (3) months until July 1941, and the Vacuum Oil Company from 28 June 1943 until 17 January 1946. JACKMAN married Betty Milne at St John the Evangelist Church in Albany on 12 April 1947, and died in Albany on13 July 1985. He is buried in Allambie Cemetery, Albany.

Keywords

Charles Frederick JACKMAN

Princess Royal Fortress

Albany

Place made

Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1936

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness