Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 01/01/1918
- Date of Discharge
- 18/09/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 04/04/1896
- Place of Birth
- Bendigo West, Victoria
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- M.J. Jordan (wife), Chapel Street, East St. Kilda, Victoria
Unit and Rank Details
- Final Rank
- Lieutenant
- Final Unit
- 14 Battalion AIF
Notes
Jordan entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in February 1915 and graduated at the end of 1917 when he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in a Special Draft of RMC graduates which arrived in England in April 1918. He served briefly with the 14th Battalion at the end of the war. In World War 2 he commanded the Guerilla Warfare School. He was a Publicity Manager when he enlisted.
Sources
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883 (Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947)