JENZEN, Edgar Harold
| Service Number: | 1368 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Pleasant, South Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Mount Pleasant, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Pleasant Public School |
| Occupation: | Fireman/Boathand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 3 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Pleasant Cromer Roll of Honor, Mount Pleasant District Memorial, Mount Pleasant Pictorial Honour Roll, Mount Pleasant Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1368, Oaklands, South Australia | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1368, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1368, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1368, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Edgar Harold Jenzen by Rosemary Wright
Edgar Harold Jenzen was born Harold Edwin JENZEN, 26.03.1894 at Mount Pleasant SA but enlisted as Edgar Harold JENZEN on the 30th November 1914 at Oaklands SA as a Private, with the 10th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement.
He was educated at the Mount Pleasant Primary School, his occupation on enlisting was Fireman Boathand.
He was wounded at Gallolipi and later died in Egypt, and was buried in the Chatby War Memorial Cemetery in Alexandria, Plot C, Grave 184.
His brother 1367 Harold Alfred Jenzen (/explore/people/371260) enlisted 2 days earlier. The brothers served in the same unit and both departed Melbourne on board the HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2nd February 1915.
A third brother, 2934 Herbert Edward Jenzen (/explore/people/87796) enlisted in 1916.
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