Albert Jacka was born on a dairy farm at Layard , near Winchelsea , Victoria on 10 January 1893 . His parents were Nathaniel Jacka and his English wife , Elizabeth Kettle . Albert Jacka was born on a dairy farm near Winchelsea , Victoria on 10 January 1893 , the fourth of seven children to Nathaniel Jacka and his English-born wife Elizabeth ( Å ee Kettle ) .