Compiled from the ‘Java Index’, ‘What Price Bushido’,
‘Kill the Prisoners’ and the Commonwealth War Graves
This Page is Dedicated To
824223
Gunner
Jackson, William James
United Kingdom
Royal Artillery
5 Field Regt.
Died
Age
29
(If Age is shown as 0, age at death is unknown)
1943/03/05
Unknown
Loved Ones
(Alias real name Webster). Son of Duncan Webster, and of Helen I. Webster, of Aberdeen.
Memorial
Column 33.
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
It is not confirmed that William was on Ballali. Left Changi 1942/10/18, commander Lt-Col. J. Bassett, R.A., 35 L.A.A.. Dying with 517 other gunners, the remains of those found are laid to rest at 12 mile north of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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