JENNINGS, Frank Leslie
| Service Number: | 2584 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cobar, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2584, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2584, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2584, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2584 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Aubrey Bairstow
Frank Jennings was a 30 year old grocer from Sydney when he enlisted in May 1916. He embarked from Sydney in November 1916, with the rank of Sergeant.
They arrived in England in January and after training entered France in late May 1917. At about the same time he suffered a demotion to Private and was disciplined for falling out of a march.
The 38th fought at Messines, in Belgium, between 7-9 June 1917. Frank was promoted to Lance Corporal in August 1917, perhaps as a result of his service.
Their next major engagement was Broodseinde on 4 October, and later the battle of Passchendaele on 12 October. Broodseinde was a success although the 38th had a 29% casualty rate. Frank was one of them and was posted Missing In Action in Belgium on 4 October 1917 during Broodseinde.
A colleague, Pte T H Dickinson, reported that he was standing near Jennings during an attack at Ypres and that he knew him quite well. He reported that he knew he came from Petersham in Sydney and that his father was a minister. He stated that he was caught by a shell and “very badly knocked about” but that he had a good look at him after his death, which he described as instantaneous, and that he was satisfied it was Jennings. Dickinson was wounded by the same shell.
Another friend reported seeing him lying dead in a shell hole
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