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JENKINSON, Leonard Lawrence
| Service Number: | 1412 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | labourer |
| Memorials: | Angaston War Memorial, Oakbank Old Scholars Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1412, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1412, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1412 |
Leonard Lawrence Jenkinson
Name: Leonard Lawrence Jenkinson
Service Number: 1412
Place of Birth: Nairne
Date of Birth: 19 November 1883
Place of Enlistment: Keswick
Date of Enlistment: 14 July 1915
Age at Enlistment: 31 years 7 months
Next of Kin: Sister-in-Law, Emily Mary Jenkinson
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Private
Leonard joined the 9th Light Horse serving in Egypt. Among a list of ailments for which he was hospitalised throughout the period covering January to July 1916 were bouts of dysentery, rheumatism and debility. As a result of these ailments Leonard returned to Australia from Abbassia, Egypt on board H.T. Seeang Cheong on 17 July 1916 and was discharged as medically unfit on 31 October.
Submitted 25 October 2023 by christopher collins