JENKINS, John Thomas Theo
| Service Number: | 4229 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1915, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria , 27 September 1873 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Agent |
| Died: | Intestinal obstruction & toxemia, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 13 March 1922, aged 48 years |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4229, 14th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Victoria | |
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| 29 Dec 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4229, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' |
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| 29 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4229, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Dec 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 4229, 14th Infantry Battalion |
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14th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement. Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915.
Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).
Mention in Despatches
Recommendation date: 9 September 1917
Mention in Despatches
Recommendation date: 24 September 1917
Meritorious Service Medal
Recommendation date: 12 February 1918
Meritorious Service Medal
Recommendation date: 3 March 1918
Fate Returned to Australia 23 September 1919
Medals
Meritorious Service Medal
Rank of CQMS 1918
'This N.C.O. is Company Clerk of B Company and has held this position during period 21st September 1917 to 25th February 1918. He has shown great devotion to duty and has done his job in a thorough and efficient manner. Previous to this date he was in the Lewis Gun section and went through all actions from Pozieres to Bullecourt. In this last named action he was strongly recommended for gallantry he being one of the last men to leave the enemy trenches and carried out a Lewis Gun. He has not had any previous decoration.' Second description reads: 'This N.C.O. has been with the Battalion since they came to France, in June 1916, and has been in every engagement from POZIERES to BULLECOURT as a Lewis gunner, on all occasions showing great gallantry and devotion to duty. Since BULLECOURT he has acted as company clerk and in this capacity has also shown great devotion to duty. He was especially recommended for gallantry at BULLECOURT, on 11th April 1917. He was one of the last to leave the German trench , and carried out a Lewis Gun. He has been recommended previously but has not received a decoration.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 25 July 1918
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Repatriated Melbourne Ascanius 6/11/1919
Died from wounds attributed from war 1922
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