Charles Alexander JINKS

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JINKS, Charles Alexander

Service Number:	5416
Enlisted:	28 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	California Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in action, France, 9 August 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eaglehawk Presbyterian Sunday School Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

28 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5416, 6th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5416, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5416, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Charles Jinks was the son of Alfred and Margaret Jinks of California Gully, Bendigo, Victoria. His younger brother, 3263 Pte. Stanley Stirton Jinks 52nd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Mouquet Farm in France on 4 September 1916, aged 26. A third brother, 3543 Pte. John Jinks 60th Battalion AIF was returned to Australia in early 1916. He died from a tetanus infection in Melbourne on 23 April 1918.

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