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Carl McGibbon Jess (1920 - 1941)

Lieutenant Carl McGibbon Jess
Born in Camberwell, Surrey, Englandmap
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Died at age 20 in Tobruk, Libyamap
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2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion
Lieutenant Carl McGibbon Jess was born on 15th July 1920 at Camberwell, Surrey, England, whilst his father was posted there in the aftermath of The Great War. He was the older son of Australians, Lieutenant Colonel (later Lieutenant General Sir) Carl Herman Jess and Marion McGibbon.[1] He was educated at Melboure Grammar School.
Roll of Honor
Lieutenant Carl Jess was killed in action at Tobruk during the Second World War.

Carl was killed in action at Tobruk, Libya, on 17th May 1941. He had been commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Second Australian Imperial Force on 6th August 1940[2] and been posted to the 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion, which had been raised at the Albury Showgrounds, New South Wales in August 1940, as part of the 26th Brigade. Initially, the brigade belonged to 7th Division but in early 1941 was transferred to 9th Division in northern Africa. Shortly afterward, between 6th and 10th April against German-led counter-attacks, the entire division fell back to Tobruk – colloquially referred to as the 'Benghazi handicap'. The battalion helped defend Tobruk on the 'Red Line', a semicircle around the town; initially on the western side of the line cutting Derna Road and from the beginning of May on the eastern side of Tobruk, where the line cut Bardia Road. It was here that Carl was killed.[3] Carl McGibbon Jess' name is located at panel 50 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.[4]

Sources

  1. UK FreeBMD Birth Index Sep qtr 1920, vol 2a, page 243
  2. Australian War Memorial nominal roll: Lieutenant Carl McGibbon Jess; accessed 25 May 2018
  3. Australian War Memorial unit record: 2/23rd Australian Infantry Battalion; accessed 25 May 2018
  4. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Lieutenant Carl McGibbon Jess; accessed 25 May 2018




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