JENKINS, Edward William
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 15 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Camperdown, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Royal Military College, Duntroon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia |
| Occupation: | Army Officer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gueudecourt, France, 21 December 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt |
| Memorials: | Camperdown War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 21 Dec 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 6th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-12-21 |
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"...Captain Edward William Jenkins, 6th Field Artillery Brigade of Canberra, ACT. Prior to enlisting, he was a student at The Royal Military College, Canberra, ACT. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 18 November 1915. On 21 December 1916, he was struck by a shell and killed in action at Needle Dump near Gueudecourt, France, aged 21. He is buried in the Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Captain Edward William Jenkins, son of Mr. E. W. Jenkins, of Shaw-street, Camperdown, was formerly a junior teacher at School 3392, Gnotuk. He was killed by the explosion of a shell near the village of Becordel, near Albert, in France, on the 23rd of December, 1916. He was born in 1895.
During the three years' term of his duties with the Education Department, he proved himself a most earnest teacher and a diligent and clever student.
He resigned in order to enter the Royal Australian Military College at Duntroon, and became Officer in Command of the 17th Battery of the 6th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Australian Division. After graduating at Duntroon, he did excellent instructional work in Melbourne and in Egypt, and then proceeded to France. While in France, be endeared himself both to his superior officers and to the under his command.
Brigadier-General Johnston wrote on the 25th December: "I was brought much in touch with your son, and regarded him as one of my most reliable battery commanders and a most prominent young officer, whose services were invaluable to his country.
The whole of the 2nd Australian Divisional Artillery deeply regret the sad loss of this capable and gallant young gunner, who was a credit to his profession and to Australia."
Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd writes of him as "one of the finest soldiers, most honest gentlemen, and manly men."
Lieutenant-Colonel Ley writes: "I had a particular regard for his maturity of judgment, which was remarkable for his age. I miss him very keenly."
Lieutenant Meates writes: " He was a good boy, and strict in his manner of living."
In the picture, he is wearing the uniform of a Duntroon military cadet.
His official military record says that he enlisted as a Lieutenant on the 1st of July, 1915, and embarked with the 4th Field Artillery Brigade on the transport Wiltshire on the 18th of November. While in Egypt, he was transferred to the 37th Battery. He went to France with this unit on the 18th of March, 1916.
He was promoted Captain on the 1st of April, and, on the 13th of May, was transferred to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column: but, on the 11th of June, was transferred again to his original unit, the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, with which he remained till his death."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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