Alf Jackson

[5][6] Jackson joined the Army in 1911 and applied for a commission at the commencement of World War I.

He served at Gallipoli, being concussed and shot in action, but returned to the Peninsula after treatment in Malta and took over command of the 7th Battalion.

He was subsequently transferred to France, promoted to lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the 60th Battalion, being involved in the Battle of Fromelles in June 1916.

[7] In World War II, Jackson served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 3rd Ambulance Brigade.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1887 is a stub.

The Australian Training Units Team: 28 October 1916. [ 4 ] Alf Jackson is the second from the right in the middle row.