The AIF Project

Edward JENNER

Regimental number4145
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressMerredin, WA
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation44.6
Height5' 11.75"
Weight157 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs L M Bayliss, Hiawatha, Jersey Road, Artarmon, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 6 months in South Africa (Boer War).
Enlistment date27 October 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 17 March 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date28 June 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Beltana', 17 March 1917; discharged (medically unfit: overage), Perth, 28 June 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death20 March 1934
Age at death67
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C. 9, 6723), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, JENNER Edward

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.