JENNINGS, John Ernest
| Service Number: | 2179 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Middlesex, London, England, 27 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Higher Grade Wood Green, London, England |
| Occupation: | Railway Goods Porter |
| Died: | Wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 9 September 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 22, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Haymarket Railways Traffic Branch Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2179, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2179, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2179, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2179, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the right arm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 21 years
Son of William John and Alice Charlotte Jennings of 10 Woodside Road, Wood Green, London, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
2179 John Ernest Jennings, wounded by shrapnel in the right arm on the 6th August 1915, was evacuated to Lemnos on the 8th August 1915 before he was pronounced fit on the 1st September and rejoined his Battalion at Anzac on the 3rd September 1915. He was wounded again, 6 days later, this time fatally, and died on the 9th September 1915. His mother stated on his Roll of Honour form, “Through unrecovered he would not leave his comrades to fight alone.”
Jennings was a member of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21 July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training. They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915 and two days later went into the first assault on Lone Pine.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
John Ernest JENNINGS (Service Number 2179) was born on 27th May 1891 in Middlesex, England. He began working in the NSW Railways on 28th August 1912 as a porter at Darling Harbour.
He enlisted on 27th April 1915 and was 23 at the time.
He embarked at Sydney on HMAT ‘Karoola’ on 16th June 1915. By August 1915, he was in Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos). He joined his Battalion at Gallipoli on 4th August 1915.
On 6th August, he was injured in action with a shrapnel wound to his right arm. He was admitted to the No. 1 Australian Stationary Hospital on Lemnos (Greek island). He re-joined his Battalion on 3rd September.
However six days later, he was admitted to hospital again.
He died of wounds on 9th September 1915. He was 24 when he died. His place of burial was lost and he has no known grave. He is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey.
Following his death, his mother, as his next of kin, received the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal on behalf of his service.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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