Jack Limbek
Alias Limbeck
Born 8.09.1887
Place Dago (Hiiumaa), Estonia
Ethnic origin Estonian
Religion Protestant
Mother Kreet Limbek
Family
Wife Mary Adeline Limbeck
Arrived at Australia
from Finland
on 02.1910
per Ardgowan
disembarked at Port Pirie, SA
Residence before enlistment Quorn, Peterborough, Port Pirie, Mambry Station, Pipe (?) Track, Port Pirie, SA
Occupation 1913 labourer, 1915 carpenter
Service service number 2384
enlisted 24.06.1915
POE Keswick, SA
unit 27th Battalion
rank Private
place Western Front, 1916-1917
casualties WIA 1916, 1917
final fate RTA 5.04.1918
discharged 9.09.1918 MU
Naturalisation 1913
Residence after the war Port Pirie, SA
Died 20.04.1946, Port Pirie, South Australia
Materials
Naturalisation (NAA)
Digitised service records (NAA)
Digitised Embarkation roll entry (AWM)
Court martial file (NAA) (Limbeck)
South Australian Red Cross Information Bureau file
Army payfile (NAA)
Blog article
Newspaper articles
Whose boat? Two Esthonians dispute ownership. - Recorder, Port Pirie, 19 July 1922, p. 3
Trouble over a fishing cutter. - The Register, Adelaide, 22 July 1922, p. 5
Gaol for indecent language. - Recorder, Port Pirie, 17 December 1934, p. 1
Effects of "plonk". - Recorder, Port Pirie, 19 October 1935, p. 3
Caught with bag of coal. - Recorder, Port Pirie, 3 October 1939, p. 4
Drunk in Ellen Street on consecutive days. - Recorder, Port Pirie, 7 November 1939, p. 2
Pirie war pensioner found dead in bed. - Recorder, Port Pirie, 22 April 1946, page 1