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JACOBS, I A
Chaplain to the Forces at Blackboy Hill Camp, WA

​Family from Mintaro, SA
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JAMES, Melville Charles

Church of England Clergyman
Chaplain 4th Class


Born 13 May 1877
Husband of Cecile E JAMES
Of St. Peters, Ballarat, Vic.
Aged 38 years
Chaplain 4th Class from 31 March 1915
Duty at Military Camp when enlisted 16 July 1915 for Voyage Only
Embarked 21 August 1915 per 'HMAT Kyarra' from Melbourne, Vic.
Pay rate of ‎£474/10 per Annum
Posted to Egypt
Duty at 1st Australian General Hospital 01 October 1915
Returned to Australia 20 October 1915 per 'Kyara'
Appointment terminated 22 November 1915
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Launceston in general and the parishoners of St. Jolnt's Church, will be proud to know  that the Bishop designate of the new diocese of St Arnaud (Vic) is a Launcestotn boy. He is now the Venierable Melville Charles James, Archdeacon of Ballarat, who not many years ago was a boy of St. John's. His sister, Mrs. M. C. Symmons, is still. with us.  Like Mr. Claude James, M.H.A. his cousin, the Bishop designate was educated at the High School (Milton Hall), Frederick-street. .  Whilst in business as an accountant he did useful work for the rector of St. John's, Launceston, by taking Sunday services in the small churches of the surrounding district. He was then appointed catechist in the Ballarat diocese, and ordained a deaon in 1901, and priest the following year.  His business training made him a great organiser, and he rapidly rose from the position of curate of country churches to be Vicar of St. Peter's, Ballarat, and Rural Dean. In 1917 he was made Archdeacon of Maryborough, then Archdoeacon of Ballarat. St. John"'s "Parish Messenger" states:- He will be consicrated in St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on September 29, and enthroned at St. St. Arnaud the following day, and no doubt will take his place in the House of Bishops at the General Synod to be held in Sydney in October. .The diocese of Ballarat has just been sub-divided for the formation of the now See of St. Arnaud, comprising the whole of the North-Western part of the state of Victoria. This has been lmade possible by a handsome gift of .£10,000 for endowment by, Mr. Manifold. The new prelate will be known as the Bishop of St. Arnaud, the name of one of the towns within the area.
Examiner Launceston Friday 17 September 1926 page 4
THE RT. REV. DR. M. C. JAMES, Bishop of St. Arnaud, will retire on August 7.

Bishop James, aged 73, was consecrated in St.Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, in September, 1926.

He was enthroned in Christ Church Cathedral the following day as the first Bishop of St. Arnaud. Before his consecration Bishop James had been Archdeacon of Maryborough (1917-1921) and Archdeacon and Canon of Ballarat (1921-26).
The Argus Saturday 17 June 1950 page 8

JENKIN, John Grenfell
Methodist Minister
Chaplain
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John Grenfell Jenkin (1865-1966), Methodist minister, was born on 4 August 1865 at Kerrow Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England, son of John Jenkin, shoemaker, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Grenfell. At 12 he came to Australia with his parents who, after a short period in New South Wales, settled at Daylesford, Victoria, as storekeepers. Educated locally, Jenkin worked as a clerk.

His family was closely associated with the Wesleyan Methodist Church and in 1890 Jenkin became a candidate for the ministry. He transferred to South Australia and after brief terms as assistant in four churches, he was in 1892 the first Methodist minister at Renmark, the new irrigation settlement. His first services were held under a gum-tree but he soon built a galvanized-iron church. After five years' probation and the completion of his studies Jenkin was ordained minister in 1895. A year as pioneer minister at Elliston, Eyre Peninsula, followed and then he volunteered for service in Western Australia.

In 1897-99 he was on the Menzies goldfields north of Kalgoorlie. Conditions were difficult:
​he lived in a tent and, with dogged tenacity, cycled seventy miles (113 km) over camel pads between the two centres. With iron will and spirit he established a congregation and built the first church at Menzies. He then served in five Western Australian circuits, including Perth and Fremantle and twice at Kalgoorlie. He presided over the State conference in 1913. On 30 March 1904 at South Fremantle he had married Roberta Claudine Bernier De La Grange; they had two sons. Jenkin is remembered in the family as a rather severe but concerned family man. He was interested in youth work: the young men's club he established at Boulder had 200 members and he was a chaplain to the military forces in Western Australia in 1911-17.

In 1918 Jenkin returned to South Australia and spent three years at Kapunda. In 1921 he moved to Pirie Street which for the first six years of his ministry was part of the Adelaide Central Mission. Pirie Street was the leading church of South Australian Methodism; his predecessor had been the great preacher Henry Howard who had drawn huge congregations. Jenkin ministered here for twelve years and maintained the church's primacy as a preaching centre. He formed a young people's institute with spiritual, literary, music and recreation branches and was president of the South Australian Conference in 1931. Strongly evangelical, he fostered the Church's missionary work in the Pacific region. He retired in 1936 but took services for another twenty years. He was a keen artist, caricaturist and photographer and a collector of minerals and gem stones.

His ministry had been distinguished for its vigorous, purposeful preaching; his congregations were always large. He was also active in several community groups, notably Rotary and the South Australian Cornish Association: in the 1920s he was a popular speaker on Cornish subjects and singer of Cornish songs. Jenkin died on 7 November 1966 at 101 and was buried in Payneham cemetery. He had said that his long life was due to 'the goodness of God, the great devotion of his wife and … good ancestors'. He never 'sought anyone's favour nor feared anyone's frown'.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jenkin-john-grenfell-6835


JENKINS, Charles Alfred 
Methodist Minister
Lt. Col.
Chaplain 4th Class


Born 03 September 1869 in Maldon, Vic.
Son of James JENKINS and Catherine nee JEFFREY
Husband of Nellie Bertha Ida JENKINS
Of Wesley Manse, Claremont, WA
Aged 47 years
Enlisted 20 January 1915 for Voyage Only
Embarked 22 Febraury 1915 per 'HMAT Itonus' from Fremantle WA
​Pay rate of 19s 0d after embarkation
​Returned to Australia
Enlisted 10 September 1917 for Continuous Service
Embarked 31 October 1917 per 'HMAT Euripides' from Sydney, NSW
Returned to Australia 19 January 1920 per 'Marathon'
Died 04 December 1955 at Claremont, WA
​Aged 86 years
Resided East Fremantle, WA
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Crematorium  Rose Gardens WB 0022
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Charles Alfred Jenkins (1869-1955), Methodist minister, was born on 3 September 1869 at Maldon, Victoria, son of James Jenkins, miner, and his wife Cathrine, née Jeffrey, both from Cornwall. After completing his secondary schooling, Charles became a lay preacher and was accepted as a candidate for the Methodist ministry in 1893. The rapid expansion of Western Australia's population during the 1890s gold rushes prompted an appeal to the Victorian and Tasmanian Methodist conference for additional clergy, to which Jenkins responded in 1896. At Wesley Church, Perth, on 9 April 1902 he married 20-year-old Nellie Bertha Ida Thomas. Ordained that year, he held circuit appointments in turn at Northam, Coolgardie and West Perth, and subsequently ministered at Fremantle and Claremont.

In 1911 Jenkins was commissioned as chaplain in the Citizen Military Forces. He was twice appointed to the Australian Imperial Force in World War I, serving in troop-ships in 1915 and in England in 1917-19. While continuing in the Militia, he ministered at Subiaco and was superintendent (1923-28) of the Central Methodist Mission, Fremantle. In 1929 he was promoted to superintend the Perth Central Mission, at which he was based until his retirement in 1938. He published A Century of Methodism in Western Australia, 1830-1930 (1930).

The combination of Evangelical fervour, a dignified presence and a warm disposition ensured that Jenkins attracted large and loyal congregations to his inner-city missions. He preached with authority, and, as chairman of Wesley College council, lent strong support to the cause of education. Survived by his son and daughter, he died on 4 December 1955 at Claremont and was cremated.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jenkins-charles-alfred-10620

JERGER, Charles Adolph
Catholic Chaplain
Interred Holdsworthy Cam
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 Charles Adolph Jerger (1869-1927), Catholic priest, was born on 5 January 1869 at St Blasien, Baden, son of Philip Jacob Morlock (d.1869), land surveyor, and his wife Wilhelmina, née Ellenwohn, a Catholic, and was baptised in his father's Evangelical faith. In 1870 or 1871 his mother married John Jerger, born at Niedereschach in 1842. They moved about 1875 to Plymouth, England, where Charles was educated at Beaconsfield College, and migrated to Sydney in 1888. He finished his schooling at Parramatta, worked in a jeweller's shop at Goulburn and there joined the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Passion on 10 April 1893. He made his profession on 9 May 1894 and was ordained priest at Goulburn on 21 May 1899. While based at Goulburn and, after April 1915, at Marrickville, Sydney, he preached in many parts of Australia.

After a sermon at Marrickville on 24 September 1916 a parishioner officially complained that Jerger had expressed disloyal sentiments calculated to discourage enlistment in the Australian Imperial Force. On investigation by the police he denied making any such statements and visited Melbourne to seek help from Hugh Mahon and explain his position to the minister for defence(Sir) George Pearce. He was interviewed by Major Edmund Piesse, head of military intelligence, and registered as an alien. Jerger had mistakenly believed himself to be a naturalized British subject: but his mother had not been naturalized when a widow and he was not covered by his stepfather's naturalization.

Late in 1917 Jerger was again accused of conducting an anti-British campaign and interned on 15 February 1918 under the War Precautions Regulations (1915). The charges against him were never specified. Leading churchmen, especially Archbishops Daniel Mannix and Michael Kelly, made efforts, and the Catholic Federation organized popular agitation, to secure his release; it was opposed by Protestant groups and the Loyalty League. Patrick Glynn repeatedly brought his case before cabinet and the Department of Defence. At the Holsworthy internment camp (where he was Catholic chaplain) Jerger was aggressive and volatile, claiming that he was persecuted and thwarted. His tactlessness and obstinacy did not help his cause.

A stipendiary magistrate, sitting as the Aliens Board, recommended that Jerger's internment be continued. In 1919 the royal commission on the release of internees twice considered Jerger's case and twice reported that the magistrate's decision should be upheld. Cabinet approved and the solicitor-general Sir Robert Garran advised deportation on 29 March 1920. In June Garran heard evidence from Fr Jerger, but reported that his attitude was German and that during the war he had expressed his German sympathies. Jerger's counsel Thomas Ryan was not allowed to appear. The failure to examine witnesses heightened the feeling that Jerger had been unfairly treated. Demonstrations were organized and court actions and the threat of strikes were used in an attempt to keep him in the country. The full bench of the High Court of Australia found that he had failed to establish that he was a British subject. John Wren and other supporters unsuccessfully challenged the validity of the War Precautions Act and issued writs of habeas corpus.

Jerger had been released on 30 April 1920 but was rearrested on 7 July. He was eventually deported from Adelaide in July. The issue was no longer a simple sectarian dispute: the labour movement protested at the deportation and there were bitter divisions in both Catholic and Protestant groups on the question of Jerger's loyalty and his right to remain in Australia.

After his deportation Jerger lived in Holland, Chicago, United States of America (where his brother was a doctor), Dublin and in England at Herne Bay, Kent. He died in London, after an operation, on 11 September 1927 and was buried in the grounds of the Passionist Monastery, Highgate.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jerger-charles-adolph-6843




JESSOP, William Boyton
Church of England Clerk in Holy Orders
Captain Chaplain 4th Class


Born 13 April 1878 at Goulburn, NSW
Husband of Adelaide Belle  JESSOP
Of Wendouree Parade, ​Ballarat, Vic.
Aged 38 years
Enlisted 16 March 1916 for Continuous Service
​Embarked 09 April 1916 per 'HMAT Nestor' from Sydney, NSW
Returned to Australia 01 May 1919
£3,000 FOR VICAR

After 32 years as vicar of Christ Church, Hamilton. Vic. Canon W. B. Jessop retired last week. At a gathering to pay tribute to the retiring vicar for his long years of service, parishioners and friends presented him with a bank book containing- a credit of £3,000.
Border Watch Tuesday 01 July 1952 page 1

JOHNSON, William Herbert
Church of England Minister
Captain Chaplain 4th Class


Born 12 May 1889 at Brighton, SA
Son of S JOHNSON
Of the Deaf and Dumb School, Brighton, SA
Resided Kew, Vic.
Aged 28 years
Enlisted 14 June 1917
Returned to Australia 19 April 1919
​Died 16 July 1960 in Melbourne, Vic.
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REV W H JOHNSON
Dean-elect of Newcastle

POPULAR MINISTER- Rev. William Herbert Johnson, B.A. rector of St. Cuthbert's Church of England. Prospect, and dean-elect of Newcastle, New South Wales), will leave to take up his new duties in about three months. He will remain at St. Cuthbert's until a new rector is appointed to that cure.  A son of the late Mr. Samuel Johnson,M.A., who for 41 .years was superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Institution, Brighton, Mr. Johnson is popular in the northern suburb. He has been stationed there since he returned from the war,where he was a chaplain with the Australian Imperial Forces. He takes a keen interest in the activities of Prospect sub branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, of which he is chaplain. His popularity among the returned men has been shown by the large number who attended the evening service at St. Cuthbert's on Anzac Sunday.  Mr. Johnson is also connected with Prospect Freemasons, Walkerville Babies Home, and the Church of England Men's Society. Recently he returned from a trip to Britain, the expenses of which were defrayed by his parishioners.  Mr. Johnson was educated at Glenelg Grammar School and St. Peter's College before entering Adelaide University. Later he was at St. John's College, Melbourne, where he studied under Dean Stephen (a retiring Bishop of Newcastle). He was ordained by Dr. Henry Lowther Clarke (a former Archbishop of Melbourne) in 1913, and the following year took priest's orders. He served at Holy Trinity Church, Kew, under Canon Sutton, before leaving for France with the Australian troops.  Twice recently Mr. Johnson has been offered parishes in eastern States. Returned soldiers at Prospect intend to arrange a fitting farewell to him.
News Monday 07 May 1928 page 6
Bishop Of Ballarat Dies

MELBOURNE. Friday.The Bishop of Ballarat, Rt Rev. Dr. W. H. Johnson, died early today. 

He was fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Ballarat, created 97 years ago.  He was born 71 years ago in Adelaide and went to N.S.W. in 1928 to become Dean of  Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, where he remained until his appointment as Bishop of Ballarat in 1936.
The Canberra Times Saturday 16 July 1960 page 5

JOHNSTON, George Walter
Methodist Clergyman
Chaplain 4th Class
26th Battalion


​Born NSW
Husband of Elsie Park JOHNSTON
Of Blackwood, SA
Aged 41 years
Enlisted 02 December 1915 for Continuous Service'
Embarked 02 December 1915 from Adelaide, SA
​Pay rate of 19s 0d after embarkation
Sick with Infulenza and Bronchitis 11 May 1916
Returned to Australia 23 December 1918 per 'Durham'
Re-embarked 05 March 1919 per 'Themistocles'
Returned to Australia 18 January 1920 per 'Shropshire'
Died 19 May 1949 in Croydon, NSW
Buried Northern Suburbs Crematorium
LATE REV. G. W. JOHNSTON 

Rev. G. W. Johnston passed away at his home,10 Edwin Street, Croydon, in an early hour on Thursday, 19th inst. He had been in indifferent health for some months past, and under doctor's orders his activities had gradually been curtailed.  The end came suddenly. He had been assisting in the work of the Malvern Hill Circuit since his retirement from the full ministry of the Church in 1944.  At the funeral service conducted by the Rev. G. T. Moore in the Malvern Hill Church, and afterwards at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium, the Conference was represented by the Ex-President, in the absence of the President in the country, and by the Rev. A. M. Sanders, Secretary of the Conference. A number of other ministers and friends were present.  Rev. R. H. Doust spoke for the whole Church in New South Wales, and paid a fine tribute to Mr. Johnston's worth and work. Rev. W. Mills Robson, who spoke on behalf of the Naval, Air and Military Committee and Returned Men told of Mr. Johnston's work and influence as a Chaplain in the First World War, and his continued efforts to render help to men and women in the services in the last war.  Rev. A. M. Sanders read the Scriptures, and the Rev. F. N.,Biddle led in prayer.  To his widow, who has been through much strain and anxiety, and who has not been well herself, our deep sympathy goes out at the present time.
The Methodist Sydney Saturday 04 June 1949 page 4

JONES, Harry William
Roman Catholic Priest
Captain Chaplain 4th Class


Born Rockhampton, Qld.
Brother of J J JONES
Of Harbour Board, Rockhampton, Qld.
Resided Winton, Qld.
Aged 46 years
Enlisted 15 November 1917
Returned to Australia 12 June 1919
Died 04 October 1935 at Yeppoon, Qld.
Buried Rockhampton Cemetery
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REV. FATHER H. W. JONES

The death occurred suddenly at the Catholic presbytery, Yeppoon, on Sunday last of Rev. Father H. W.Jones.

Shortly before 5 a.m. that morning a parishioner, on his way to Mass,f ound the priest's body lying at the foot of the front steps of the presbytery and the indications were that suffering a heart attack to which he was subject.  Father Jones left his bed to go out into the open air and collapsed on the verandah, falling down the steps. 

The remains were brought to Rockhampton and conveyed to the Rockhampton cemetery for interment on Monday morning. In addition to a large number of the clergy, members of the Hibernian Society and the R.S.S.I.L.A. were present.

The Rev. Father Jones was born in Rockhampton in 1872. He joined the staff of Walter Reid & Co. Ltd. when15 years of age and remained with that firm for 17 years, when he commenced to study for the priesthood, and was ordained in 1910. He served in many parts! of the diocese, including Barcaldine and Longreach, being parish priest at Longreach for six years from 1923 to 1929, and for the past five years has been parish priest at Yeppoon. In 1915 Father Jones enlisted with the A.I.F. as chaplain, and, with the troops in France, he gained the respect and admiration of all. He was badly gassed and as a result his health became seriously undermined.

The Rev. Father Jones endeared himself by his unassuming manner to people of all religious thought, which was testified by feeling, reference being made to his death at St. James Church of England, Yeppoon, by the Rector, Rev. J. C. C. Thomson, who asked his congregation to offer prayers, for the repose of his soul.

The usual Sunday Masses at Yeppoon were cancelled, but two services were held during the day. one at 7 p.m. conducted by His Lordship, Dr.R. D. Hayes, Bishop of Rockhampton, at which there was a large congregatlon, including many non-Catholics. , Solemn Office and ; Requiem Mass were celebrated at St. Joseph's Cathedral, Rockhampton, on Monday morning, prior to the funeral.

Rev Father Jones is survived by two sisters in Brisbane and two brothers, . Mr. J. J. Jones, secretary ofthe Rockhampton Harbour Boardand Mr. .C. Jones of Atherton Tableland.

The Longreach Leader Saturday 05 October 1935 page 13

JOSE, George Herbert
Church of England Minister
Chaplain
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George Herbert Jose (1868-1956), was born on 15 December 1868 at Bristol and educated at Clifton College, Monkton Combe School, Bath, and Worcester College, Oxford (B.A., 1903; M.A., 1906). He came to Australia in 1888, married Clara Ellen Sturt (d.1925) in 1890 and went with her to China as a lay missionary next year. He was ordained in 1893 and was a missionary at Taichow until 1899. He was Davis Chinese scholar at Oxford in 1900 and in 1903 went to Adelaide where he had charge of several churches until in 1906 he was appointed rector of Christ Church, North Adelaide, where he remained until 1933. During World War I he was chaplain in the Australian Military Forces and from 1916 deputy senior chaplain.

A canon of St Peter's Cathedral in 1918-29 , Jose was archdeacon of Mount Gambier in 1927-29, archdeacon of Adelaide in 1929-32 and dean of Adelaide in 1933-53. He compiled a three-volume history of The Church of England in South Australia (1937, 1954, 1955); his other writings includeAnnals of Christ Church (1921) and The Story of Jesus Christ (1930). He died in Adelaide on 26 November 1956, survived by one of his three sons; another had been killed in action in France in 1917.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/jose-george-herbert-7085


JULIEN, Edward William
Church of England Clergyman
Captain Chaplain 4th Class


Born 10 November 1877 in Melbourne, Vic.
Husband of Muriel Primrose Dorothy JULIEN
Of St. Thomas' Church, North Sydney, NSW
Resided Westbury, Tas.
Aged 37 years
Enlisted 25 September 1915 for Voyage Only
Embarked 27 September 1915 per 'HMAT Hororata' from Melbourned
​Pay rate of ‎£39/10/10 per month after embarkation
Enlisted 08 May 1916 for Continuous Service
Embarked 08 May 1916 per 'HMAT Seang Coon' from Hobart, Tas.
Returned to Australia 04 May 1917
Died 18 April 1938 
OBITUARY CAMPBELL TOWN RECTOR REV. E. W. JULIEN DIES AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

The rector of St. Leonards parish for 14 years up to last year, Rev. Edward Wilson Julien (60), late rector of St.Luke's, Campbell Town, died yesterday morning after a short illness.  Mr. Julien was well known in the north, having been in charge of several parishes. He was a man of distinguished personality, scholarly habits, and was a good preacher. Educated at the Melbourne University, he took his Th.O. at the Australian College of Theology in 1908, and in the same year was ordained a deacon and appointed curate of St. Nicholas' Church North Goulburn (Vic.) For two years he was in Victoria, thence going to a curacy at St. John's Church, Green Point, Sydney. In 1910 he was ordained priest in the Diocese of Tasmania, and accepted the rectorship of the Strahan parish, staying there a year. Subsequently he was rector of Westbury from1913-16, chaplain of the A.IF., 1916-17; rector, Kingston, 1918-21; rector, Buckland, 1921-22; rector St. Leonards, 1923-37.  Two of his sons are following his footsteps in the ministry. One is a priest in the Wangaratta diocese, and another is studying for the ministry in the same diocese.  A son and daughter live at Campbell Town, where his wife also resides.
Examiner Launceston Tuesday 19 April 1938 page 6

JUSTICE, Thomas Holmes
Church of England Clerk in Holy ORders
Captain Chaplain 4th Class


Born 05 September 1878 at Ringwood, Vic.
Son of Thomas Holmes  JUSTICE
Of Jamieson, Vic.
Aged 38 years
Enlisted 26 October 1916 for Voyage Only
Embarked 31 October 1916 per 'HMAT Marathon' from Sydney, NSW
Returned to Australia 21 January 1920 per 'Orsova'
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