Soldier profiles

Name : JACKSON, LYSTER MELWYN
Service Number : VX22240
Date of Birth : 15/08/1903
Place of Birth : ST ARNAUD, VIC
Known as : LESTER
Occupation on Enlistment : TRANSPORT DRIVER
Date of Enlistment : 05/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : BALLARAT, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : JACKSON, NELLIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 24/10/1940
Date Died : 20/01/1984
Age at Death : 80
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6207055 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Also known as Lester. Husband of Nellie Jackson of Ballarat, Victoria. At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9.5 inches, blue eyes, brown hair, fair complexion. Marital status : married. Marks / scars : right Paeramedian scar. Full time war service : A.I.F. (05/06/1940 to 24/10/1940) which included 140 days active service within Australia. Discharge certificate no. 15965. Paybook 107321.

Service record
05/06/1940 Taken on strength by R.R.D.
07/06/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Puckapunyal Camp, Seymour, Victoria.
07/06/1940 Appointed Group III Specialty Mechanical Transport (pay 6 shillings / day).
17/06/1940 Admitted Camp Hospital (onychogryphosis?).
18/06/1940 Discharged to unit.
29/08/1940 Transferred to "X" list.
27/09/1940 Group III Specialty Mechanical Transport terminated (pay 5 shillings / day).
04/10/1940 Transferred to "X" list and admitted to Convalescent Depot Broadmeadows, Victoria from area 8/A.
07/10/1940 Admitted to Convalescent Depot Broadmeadows with rheumatism.
22/10/1940 Discharged from Convalescent Depot Broadmeadows pending discharge from army.
24/10/1940 Discharged (medically unfit for service not occasioned by his own fault) at Broadmeadows.