JENNINGS, William Harold
| Service Number: | 3792 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Arnolds Bridge, Victoria, Australia, 1 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Newbridge, Loddon, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 3 April 1918, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension |
| Memorials: | Kangaroo Flat Soldiers Memorial, Newbridge War Memorial, Victorian Treasury Department |
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
"Lieutenant Harold William Jennings, 46th Battalion, A.I.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jennings, of Newbridge-on-Loddon, was killed in action on the 3rd of April, 1918.
He was born on the 1st of December, 1890, and began his brief career as a teacher at School 450, Fitzroy, in 1906. He resigned in 1909 to enter the State Public Service, being appointed a clerk in the Treasury.
He gained his commission at Pozières (1916). He was then sent as instructor to Codford, England, and had just rejoined his Battalion when he met his death.
As a teacher he had been active and willing, and interested in his work. A brother, Lieutenant Leslie Jennings, was attached to the same Battalion.
The official military record of Harold Jennings says that he enlisted as a Private on the 10th of July, 1915, and embarked on the transport Runic on the 23rd of November. He joined the 46th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on the 6th of March, 1916, and was promoted Corporal at Serapeum on the 14th.
He proceeded with his unit to France on the 2nd of June, was promoted Sergeant on the 11th of August, and 2nd Lieutenant on the 8th of February, 1917. He went to hospital, sick, on the 8th of April, and was invalided to England, but rejoined his unit again on the 8th of June. On the 11th of July, he was seconded for duty as an instructor with the 12th Training Battalion in England, but rejoined his unit again on the 9th of March, 1918, and was killed on the 3rd of April."
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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