Peter Acland Jacobs (1915–1945)
A memorial to the late Peter Acland Jacobs was unveiled at the 1st Mont Albert Scout Hall, Surrey Hills, on Saturday, by Mr G. W. S. Anderson, Chief Commissioner for Victoria of the Boy Scouts Association.
Peter Jacobs, who was a scoutmaster at the time of his enlistment in the AIF, lost his life while a POW in the hands of the Japanese at Amboina. The memorial takes the form of a room to be used at headquarters, with a bronze tablet placed above the door.
Original Publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- World War II service file, B883, VX37066 (National Archives of Australia)
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Jacobs, Agnes Lilian (mother)
- Jacobs, Philip Acland (father)
- Kane, Kate Henrietta (sister)
- Jacobs, Charles Philip (brother)
- Jacobs, Roland Peter (brother)
- Jacobs, Clifford Samuel (brother)
- Jacobs, Susan (sister-in-law)
- Jacobs, Anne (sister-in-law)
- Jacobs, Cynthia Mary (sister-in-law)
- Jacobs, Blanche (aunt)
- Isaacs, Deborah (aunt)
- Levy, Octavia Maud (aunt)
- Jacobs, Elizabeth Ellis (aunt)
- Jacobs, Lydia Emily (aunt)
- Jacobs, Dorothea (aunt)
- Jacobs, Louis Philip (uncle)
- Jacobs, David Falk (uncle)
- Jacobs, Arthur Woolf (uncle)
- Jacobs, Leslie Rypinski (uncle)
- Jacobs, Julian Emanuel (uncle)
- Jacobs, Elliot Ralph (uncle)
- Jacobs, Montefiore Joseph (uncle)
- Jacobs, Emanuel Julien (uncle)
- Jacobs, Michael Charles (uncle)
- Jacobs, Roland Ellis (uncle)
- Woolf, Dora (aunt by marriage)
- Jacobs, Elizabeth Ellis (aunt by marriage)
- Jacobs, Lydia Emily (aunt by marriage)
- Jacobs, Dorothea (aunt by marriage)
- Isaacs, Isaac Alfred (uncle by marriage)
- Levy, Harry Solomon (uncle by marriage)
- Jacobs, Louis Philip (uncle by marriage)
- Jacobs, Elliot Ralph (uncle by marriage)
- Jacobs, Emanuel Julien (uncle by marriage)
- Jacobs, Hannah (grandmother)
- Jacobs, Caroline (grandmother)
- Jacobs, Isaac (grandfather)
- Jacobs, Samuel Joshua (grandfather)
- Lie, Sybil (cousin)
- Cohen, Marjorie (cousin)
- Levy, Lewis Wolfe (cousin)
- Cullen, Nancy (cousin)
- Maitland, Mary Annie (cousin)
- Schiff, Betty Julia (cousin)
- Jacobs, Caroline Elizabeth (cousin)
- Jacobs, Richard Elliot (cousin)
- Jacobs, Robert Louis (cousin)
- Thomson, Phyllis Lorie (cousin)
- Jacobs, Michael Louis (cousin)
- Jacobs, Annie (cousin)
- James, Francis Louis (cousin)
- Jacobs, Margaret (cousin)
- Jacobs, Valerie (cousin)
- Jacobs, Annie Elizabeth (cousin)
- Jacobs, Samuel Joshua (cousin)
Citation details
'Jacobs, Peter Acland (1915–1945)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/jacobs-peter-acland-21547/text31786, accessed 23 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
15 September,
1915
Malvern, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
27 July,
1945
(aged 29)
Ambon,
Maluku,
Indonesia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
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