JENNER, Harold Everett
| Service Number: | 3845 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Nichols Point, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Mildura, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Horticulturist |
| Died: | Died of wounds - face & pelvis, Voluntary Aid Hospital, Cheltenham, England (Auxiliary to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol) , 22 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England – Plot number 2447 and has a Private Headstone. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3845, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3845, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Budgen and Alice JENNER, Nichols Point, Victoria
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 22nd March…… Harold Everett Jenner was born at Mildura, Victoria in 1892.
His father - Thomas Budgen Jenner died on 7th June, 1902 in Mildura, Victoria.
On 22nd July, 1915 Harold Everett Jenner enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 23 year old, single, Horticulturalist from Nichol’s Point, Mildura, Victoria.
Private Harold Everett Jenner, Service number 3845, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Warilda (A69) on 8th February, 1916 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 21st Infantry Battalion, 9th Reinforcements.
He embarked for overseas on H.T. Oriana from Alexandria on 21st March, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 27th March, 1916.
From 26th June, 1916 Private Jenner was to be E.D.P (Extra Duty Pay) Corporal (temporary). His rank reverted to Private on 1st August, 1916 & he joined 21st Battalion in France on 4th August, 1916.
Private Harold Everett Jenner was wounded in action in France on 26th August, 1916. He was admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance on 26th August, 1916 with gunshot wounds to back, leg & buttock. Private Jenner was transferred to 5th General Hospital at Rouen, France & was reported as dangerously ill on 9th October, 1916. He embarked for England on Hospital Ship St. George from Rouen on 6th December, 1916 with gunshot wounds to back, leg & buttock.
From 21st Battalion War Diary:
Casualties during period 22nd/26th August
Killed Wounded Missing (Note – Officers’ names were listed)
Officers 3 7 3
Other Ranks 34 213 131
(War Diary information from the Australian War Memorial)
He was admitted to V.A.D. Hospital, Exeter, England on 7th December, 1916 with gunshot wounds to face & pelvis (severe). He was transferred to Red Cross Hospital, Gloucester on 12th January, 1917. The Red Cross Wounded & Missing file for Private Harold Everett Jenner contains a letter, dated 18th January, 1917, stating “Serious case but by no means hopeless. frac. pelvis and sound in lower part of back. Has just had operation today for the removal of dead bone and stood it well. He is now sleeping quietly. Certainly some improvement – Very best care and attention & under clever surgeon.”
A Medical Report was completed on Private Harold Everett Jenner on 27th January, 1917 at Red Cross Hospital, Gloucester regarding his disability – “G.S.W. Pelvis” which had occurred on 26th August, 1916 received in action in France. He had received an operation where the __ bone had been removed. The Medical Board recorded that Private Jenner was totally incapacitated & should be discharged as permanently unfit for Service.
Private Harold Everett Jenner died on 22nd March, 1917 at Voluntary Aid Hospital, Cheltenham, England (Auxiliary to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol) from wounds received in action in France – face & pelvis.
He was buried in Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England & has a private headstone. His death is acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/uploads/4/9/7/8/4978039/jenner__harold_everett.pdf
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