JENNINGS, John Inglis
| Service Number: | 1370 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1914, Liverpool |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Glass worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 23 July 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1370, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1370, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1370, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1370, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1370, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Bomb wounds left hand and right arm (serious) | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1370, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John or ‘Jack” Jennings served at the Landing on Gallipoli and was seriously wounded during the Lone Pine battle of August 1915. He suffered multiple bomb wounds to his left hand and right arm. He was evacuated first to Malta and then on to England. He rejoined his unit in Egypt during January 1915 and was killed in action at Pozieres when he was badly wounded by shellfire. He was carried back but died of his wounds and was buried by the 1st Pioneers in the Gordon Dump Cemetery at Ovillers-La Boiselle.
His brother 4831 Pte Walter James Jennings, 55th Battalion was killed in action at Fromelles only a few days earlier on 20 July 1916.
Two other brothers 930 Pte George Jennings, 17th Bn, returned to Australia, 11 May 1916, (dysentery and debility) died in 1927; 3576 Pte Robert Lewis Jennings, 1st Pioneer Bn, returned to Australia, 4 May 1917, (bronchitis and debility).
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