Private
Jacob
John Fullerton
(Jack)
Aarons
Born in Hillston, New South Wales (Australia)
Ancestors 
Son of Solomon Aarons
and Hannah (Hart) Aarons
Brother of
Rosetta Solomon (Aarons) Biggin, Kate Lillian Aarons, Alice Muriel Aarons, Daniel Sidney Aarons, Frank H Aarons and Reginald Ernest Aarons
Husband of
Marion (Everett-Allpress) Aarons
— married
1915 in Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Died
at about age 36
in Ploergstreert, France
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Biography
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| Private John Fullerton Aarons, by Daniel Sidney Aarons |
Jack Aarons has Jewish Roots.
Jack Aarons was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
Jacob John Fullerton 'Jack' Aarons was born in 1881 in Hillston, New South Wales (Australia). He was the eldest son of Solomon Aarons and Annie Hart. [1] His family soon after moved to Orange, New South Wales and then to Donald, Victoria.
Jack married Marion Everett-Allpress in 1915 in Subiaco, Western Australia. [2]
Jack Aarons is an Anzac who served in World War One.
On 10th July 1916 in Perth, Western Australia, Jack enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, his young nation's all volunteer, expeditionary force for the (First World) War. [3] He was allocated to the 51st Infantry Battalion, with whom he embarked for Europe at Fremantle aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 9th November 1916. [4]
On 5th May 1917 he transferred to the 16th Infantry Battalion, in which his younger brother, 2nd Lieutenant (later Captain, MC and Bar) Daniel Sidney Aarons, was serving.
Private Jack Aarons died of wounds in France during The Great War.
Whilst sitting in the YMCA dugout at Messines on 7th July 1917, shrapnel from an exploding shell hit Jack in the head. He was evacuated to the 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, however, died of wounds four days later. After initially being buried in Ploergstreert Cemetery, his remains were exhumed [5] and are now buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France. John Fullarton Aarons's name is located at panel 78 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. [6]
Following the war his widow was issued his British War Medal and Victory Medal. Marion was then living at 6 King's Road, Subiaco. She remained widowed until her death in 1975. Jack and Marion had no children.
Sources
- ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #10446/1881
- ↑ Western Australia Marriage Index #5900064/1915
- ↑ Australian War Memorial nominal roll: 2868 Private John Fullerton Aarons; acessed 8 May 2023
- ↑ Australian War Memorial embarkation roll: 2868 Private John Fullerton Aarons; acessed 8 May 2023
- ↑ Australian Red Cross wounded files; accessed 8 May 2023
- ↑ Australian War Memorial roll of honour: 2868 Private John Fullerton Aarons; acessed 8 May 2023
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Categories: Hillston, New South Wales | Donald, Victoria | Orange, New South Wales | Subiaco, Western Australia | 51st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | 16th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord | Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Jewish Roots | Anzacs, World War I | Died of Wounds, Australia, World War I