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JENNINGS, Arnold Thomas
| Service Number: | 2378 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 June 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 19 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Adelaide | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right leg | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wounded for second time but remained on duty | |
| 10 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wounded for the third time but remained on duty | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wounded for fourth time. Shell wound to the left thigh and evacuated to England on 4 September 1918 | |
| 10 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2378, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Jennings and Jane (nee Clifford) Jennings of 5 Oakley Street, Adelaide; brother of Ida Jennings, Arthur Jennings, Sidney William Jennings, Adelaide Verbinia Jennings, Eva Marlin Jennings, Myrtle Ellen Jennings, Percy Edwin Jennings and Henry Herbert Jennings,
8 November 1918 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Gaika disembarking on 29 December 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Junior Cadets
On 4 October 1919 Arnold married Esther Dorothea Mensforth in the Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide
In December 1940 Arnold was residing at 44 Schutt Street, Newport, Victoria