JEANS, Douglas James Tendron
| Service Number: | WX4620 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1940, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 4 December 1900 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Anselms Prep School, Canterbury Kings School and London University |
| Occupation: | Farm worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 27 July 1942, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery Grave Ref. A 1 F 17, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookton District War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX4620, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX4620, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Jul 1942: | Involvement Lance Corporal, WX4620, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein |
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Douglas James Tendron JEANS was born on 4th Dec. 1900 - his birth was registered in March quarter 1901 in Surrey - his war record states he was born in 1902 which is incorrect
His parents were Douglas Edward JEANS and Henrietta Josephine APLIN
Douglas married Evelyn Dorothy GOODENOUGH in 1936 in Leeds, UK and then came to Australia in 1936 arriving in Geraldton, Western Australia on the ship Stanford (see story in his biography)
He enlisted in Perth, WA on 23rd June 1940 with the Australian Army - Rank Lance Corporal 2/28 Austraian Infantry Battalion
He died on 27th July, 1942 and is buried in El Alamein War Cemetery - he is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Kalamunda, Western Australia
After his death his widow Evelyn remarried to Clarence Stanley BISHOP in 1945
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