Regimental number | 200 |
Place of birth | Ararat, Victoria |
School | Fairfield State School, Victoria |
Other training | Apprenticeship: printers and publishers |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Rough carpenter and printer |
Address | Sorrett Avenue, Malvern, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 158 lbs |
Next of kin | Capt J Jenkins, Closer Settlement Board, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/21/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 6), Mametz, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 171 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Elliott and Bertha Ellen JENKINS, 14 Sorrett Avenue, Malvern, Victoria. Native of Ararat, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 10631 Sapper Spencer Elliott JENKINS, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, returned to Australia, 20 December 1918; 21 Sapper Frank Norman Elliott JENKINS, 1st Signal Troop, returned to Australia, 18 December 1915. |