JENNINGS, Charles Edward
| Service Numbers: | 1373, 1429 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England., 28 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Glebe, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Depot Cleaner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 April 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1373, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1373, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1373, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1373, 1st Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the foot. | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 1429, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1429 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Charles Edward JENNINGS was born on 28th March 1888 in Yorkshire, England.
He began a career with the NSW Railways on 26th September 1913 when he worked as a cleaner at Eveleigh Locomotive Depot.
He enlisted to join the AIF on 7th November 1914. He was 26 when he enlisted.
He embarked from Sydney on 11th February 1915, on HMAT A48 ‘Seang Bee’.
On 5th April 1915, he embarked to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces from Alexandria (Egypt). He joined his Battalion in the Gallipoli Campaign on 3rd May 1915.
On 22nd July 1915, he was admitted to hospital on Gallipoli for haemorrhoids. The following day, he was sent to Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos).
On 28th July, he was still moving between hospitals. He was in Malta by the end of July and the start of August. After returning to Egypt during August and September, he embarked for the Dardanelles from Alexandria on 18th October. He re-joined his Battalion in Gallipoli on 30th October.
On 28 December, he disembarked at Alexandria. After a few months in Egypt, he proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Forces in France. He disembarked In Marseilles on 28th March 1916.
After a few months in the field, he was injured in action in France on 22nd July 1916. He was admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the foot. After being admitted, he was transferred to England towards the end of July. By 26th November 1916, he was back in the field in France after re-joining his Battalion.
He was killed in action on 9th April 1917, in France. He has no known grave, and he is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Following his death, his parents, were given his medals. He received the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.