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Military service
Service number:
3848
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
2nd Bn.
Enlistment:
August 4, 1917
Death:
October 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Newfoundland Plot. 7.
Additional information
Son of Luke and Rebecca Jacobs, of Westport, White Bay, Newfoundland. He was single and a fisherman. He joined the 2nd Batallion on Feburary 20, 1918. His headstone inscription reads...We loved him well but Jesus loved him Better, RIP
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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