JENKINS, Errol Harrison
| Service Number: | 36921 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | Taroona, Tasmania, Australia, 1 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Taroona, Kingborough, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Queen’s College, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Taroona, Tasmania, Australia, 11 July 1986, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 36921, 53rd Field Battery | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 36921, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 36921, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 28 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kym Chapman
Errol left the family farm in Taroona, Tasmania when he signed up as a Gunner.
After spending some etime in France, he appears to have spent a bit of time in Suez, Egypt before being transported back to London.
Errol experienced health problems, mainly from Influenza - Pnemonia, something he continued to suffer with into old age.
Errol meet the love of his life, whilst assisting a young lady with a broken shoe heel, in London. Evalina was a voluntary Red Cross nurse. They married a few months after meeting and he brought her home to the Taroona farm when he was discharged.
Errol became the local Milkman, milking his own cows and delivering to the neighbourhood and local businesses, with his trusted horse and cart.
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