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JENYNS, William Wesley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 27112 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Ipswich, Qld., 28 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | North Ipswich, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ipswich Qld. |
| Occupation: | Striker |
| Died: | Ipswich, Qld., 16 June 1950, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ipswich Soldier's Memorial Hall Great War |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 27112, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 27112, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 27112, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann (nee Welsby) JENYNS, of Downs Street, North Ipswich, Qld.
Born and educated in Ipswich. Enlisted 9th March, 1916, and embarked 30th September, 1916, per S.S. "Aeneas" for England, where he went to Salisbury Plain for further training. Left for France, and went into action at Passchendaele, where he was wounded in the stomach. Evacuated to Etaples, thence to London, and returned to Australia per S.S. "Euripides" on 23rd March, 1918.
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