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JENKINS, Godfrey Blake

Service Numbers:	846, 896, 12, N278217
Enlisted:	16 August 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	2MD / NSW Area Lines of Communication
Born:	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 28 September 1894
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist - later Public Servant
Died:	Natural causes, Killara, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1966, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 3 Wall 20
Memorials:	Hornsby Roll of Honor, Hornsby War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 846, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 896, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 896, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
27 Aug 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
18 Jan 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 846, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
22 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12
26 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 12, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
26 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 12, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
11 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
25 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gassed
28 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion
30 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 63rd Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, from 63rd Battalion
29 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

19 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, N278217
11 Jun 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, N278217, 2MD / NSW Area Lines of Communication, Recruiting Staff

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