JACKSON, Alfred

1893 - 1913  (19 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	JACKSON, Alfred
  Birth	21 Feb 1893	Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
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  Death	24 Jan 1913	Fort Williams, Talladega, Alabama, United States
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  Person ID	I1933	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	KENNEDY, Anna Pearl ,   b. 24 Feb 1887, Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canadad. 1912, Michigan (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1904	Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Notes	~SEALING_TO_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 13 Apr 2004, JRIVE.
  Children	2 sons and 2 daughters
  + 1. JACKSON, Eric Charles ,   b. 21 Feb 1906, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada Toronto, York, Ontario, Canadad. 16 Jun 1984, Florida, United States (Age 78 years) + 2. JACKSON, Evelyn Margaret ,   b. 16 Nov 1907, Ontario, Canada Ontario, Canadad. 5 Mar 1986, Leitches Creek, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years) + 3. JACKSON, Robert Oscar ,   b. 22 Feb 1910, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canadad. 18 Mar 1989, Stuart, Martin, Florida, United States (Age 79 years) + 4. JACKSON, Dorothea May ,   b. 25 Mar 1912, Ontario, Canada Ontario, Canadad. 22 Dec 2003 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F1169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  s/o Thomas Jackson and Frances Shaw Occupation at time of marriage: Iron Worker Residence at time of marriage: Toronto Occupation at time of death: Contractor, Foreman Residence at time of death: Fort William, Ontario d. 24 Jan 1913, age 43 of a gunshot wood causing shock and hemorrhage, at McKellar General Hospital. Informant: Mrs. A. Jackson. Alfred started his working career on board ship. He worked his way up until the Boer War intervened. He fought in South Africa as part of the Kimberly Light Horse and afterwards emigrated to Canada. The hunting accident in which he was killed was a family tragedy. Alfred had taken his two young brothers-in-law out rabbit hunting along the Slate River. Young David misfired and the bullet struck Alfred in the abdomen. Despite all the work of the two brothers and many others to save him, Alfred died. Alfred served in a variety of positions on board ship before leaving the sea to join the Light Horse Guard to fight in the Boer War. He was decorated twice the Queen's South Africa Medal The Queen's South Africa Medal or QSA ?was awarded to military personnel who served in the Boer War in South Africa between October 11, 1899 and May 31, 1902. Units from the British Army, Royal Navy, colonial forces who took part (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India and South Africa), civilians employed in official capacity and war correspondents. The QSA was the medal issued to all who served in South Africa up to the end of the war in May 1902. Hence they were issued to those like the New Zealand 10th Contingent who arrived in Durban in May 1902, and did no fighting. The requirements for the King's South Africa Medal meant that few were issued. There are twenty-six different clasps added to the medal indicating each of actions and campaigns during the Second Boer War. "State" clasps were issued for service within that state when no "battle" clasp(s) was issued to the recipient for a specific action within the same state. This meant a QSA medal could not carry both a "state" clasp and a "battle" clasp(s) for actions within the same state. The "Cape Colony" clasp was not issued to recipients of the "Natal" clasp, or "Rhodesia" with the "Relief of Mafeking". Recipients could not get both the "Defence" and "Relief" clasp for Mafeking, Kimberley or Ladysmith. CAPE COLONY - 11 October 1899 - 31 May 1902 ORANGE FREE STATE - 28 February 1900 - 31 May 1902 TRANSVAAL - 24 May 1900 and 31 May 1902 Kings South Africa Medal The King's South Africa Medal or KSA was awarded to all troops who served in the Boer War in South Africa on or after 01 January 1902, and completed 18 months service before 01 June 1902. The medal was not issued alone but always with the Queen's South Africa Medal or QSA. The KSA was awarded only to those troops who fought in 1902, and who had served for 18 months. Service did not have to be continuous, but even with continuous service the recipient would have had to serve from December 1900 to have 18 months service before the war ended in May 1902 (and commencing before the death of Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901). Hence the majority of participants qualified for the QSA only.