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JENKINS , Robert Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2544, 2544A |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 13 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2544, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2544, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2544, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 2 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2544A, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2544A, 38th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Originally enlisted as Robert Jennings
Robert Ernest Jenkins is believed to have run away from home (aged c.18) to enlist in 1916, using the assumed surname of Jennings.
According to an eye witness statement in his Red Cross file, he was hit and killed by an enemy shell when advancing at Passchendaele Ridge on 13 October 1917.
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