JENNINGS, Arthur William
| Service Number: | 4759 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Young, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1883 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Permanent Way Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Breakfast Point War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4759, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4759, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4759, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Arthur William JENNINGS (Service Number 4759) was born in September 1883 in Monteagle, NSW. He served in the Per-Way Branch of the Railways.
He enlisted on 10th January 1916 and was 32-years-old at the time. He embarked from Sydney on 14th April 1916 on HMAT ‘Ceramic’.
During June 1916, at Perham Downs (England), he was absent for two days, and as a result was made to forfeit four days’ pay. He was in trouble again on 16th July 1916. He was Absent Without Leave for a day and had to forfeit two days’ pay. At this time, he was in Rollestone. On 13 October 1916, he was admitted to Bulford Military Hospital for venereal disease. However, he was only admitted briefly and was discharged on 27th October.
He proceeded overseas to France from Folkstone on 12th November 1916 and marched in to Etaples on 13th November. He joined his Battalion in France on 24th November. During the start of April 1917, he was found guilty of being Absent Without Leave for a day. He was punished with seven days of Field Punishment No. 2, in addition to forfeiting nine days’ pay.
On 3rd May 1917, he was found to be missing in action in France. Later, during a Court of Enquiry held in the field on 4th December 1917, it was concluded he had died at this time. Since he has no known grave he is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
His wife was given the British War Medal and the Victory Medal on his behalf.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.