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Daniel Alfred Jackson, who was probably known as Alfred or Alf, was born on 10 March 1878 at Waimate, the fourth son of Thomas Seddon and Emma (née Hill) Jackson. Daniel was a tailor at home at Waimate, South Canterbury in 1900 prior to signing up for service as a bugler with the Seventh Contingent in the South African War (Service Number 4255). “Mr T. Jackson of this town has received a letter from his son, Bugler D. A. Jackson, of the Seventh Contingent. The writer had been laid up with the measles, afterwards contracting enteric fever, and is at present in a field hospital at Durban. He had the option of being invalided home, but preferred to remain, and hopes to rejoin his column in about a month’s time. Bugler Jackson speaks in high praise of the treatment he is receiving at the hands of the nurses, whom he says are most assiduous in their attentions. The letter is dated November 17, and it is to be hoped Bugler Jackson is by this time at the front with his comrades. The Seventh Contingent has had a good deal of hard work since its arrival at the seat of war, but the men are still cheerful and earning commendations for their behaviour in the field.” [Waimate Daily Advertiser, 7 January 1902.]

Daniel Alfred Jackson married Eva Emily Gard on 17 April 1907 at St John’s Church, Trentham. In 1908 Daniel and Eva were living at Marton, where he was a tailor. Daniel’s father died on 13 August 1913 at Waimate. A native of Manchester, England, he had gone to Victoria, Australia, before coming to New Zealand and marrying Emma in 1867. He pursued his trade as a bootmaker at Waimate. Henry Benjamin Jackson died in 1877 at 5 months and was buried at Waimate. And Arthur James Samuel Jackson, the youngest son of Thomas and Emma, drowned in May 1904 at the New River estuary, Southland, aged 19 years, and was buried at St John’s Cemetery, Invercargill. He had been residing with his married sisters and working in Invercargill. Mrs Emma Jackson died of influenza on 18 November 1918 at the Invercargill residence of her daughter and was buried at St John’s Cemetery with Arthur.

In October 1915, the recruiting for World War Two was good in Wellington City, Daniel Alfred Jackson, a tailor, among the recruits who registered at the Town Hall on 25 October and returned their medical papers. D. A. Jackson (Mounted Rifles) was in Wellington’s quota for the Tenth Reinforcements which went into camp on 16 November 1915. At Trentham Private D. A. Jackson, 2nd Reserve Squadron, was appointed bugler. In January 1916 at Featherston he was to be corporal. Later in the year, Corporal-Bugler D. A. Jackson (Headquarters Staff) was to be sergeant-bugler. On 23 June 1918, a very enjoyable concert was given at Trentham. One of the performers was D. A. Jackson, cornet (also sergeant-bugler), lately of the National Reserve Band.

Janet Stewart Jackson (Jean) was born to Daniel and Eva in 1922. Throughout their years in the lower North Island, Daniel contributed frequently to musical events, notably at South Africa Veterans’ reunions. In February 1939 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. Mr and Mrs Jackson retired and moved to the Auckland area in the early 1950s. Daniel Alfred Jackson died at Auckland on 18 June 1961, aged 83 years, and was buried at Waikumete Cemetery. His grave is marked by a services plaque recording his South African service details. Eva Emily Jackson who died on 15 January 1963, aged 80, was cremated at Waikumete.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 December 2023]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 December 2023]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 7 January 1902, 13 August 1913, 13 August 1915, 19 November 1918, Dominion, 26 October 1915, 5 & 29 November 1915, 31 January 1916, 1 November 1916, NZ Times, 27 October 1915, 5 November 1915, Colonist, 27 June 1918 (Papers Past) [22 & 27 December 2023]; Waikumete Cemetery burial & cremation records [27 December 2023]

External Links

• Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph record
• Military personnel file

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Teresa Scott, SC Genealogy Society

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