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Ernest Howard JENNINGS

Regimental number2136
Place of birthRichmond Victoria
SchoolPublic School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPostman
AddressGrant Avenue, Rose Park, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ellen Elsie Jennings, Nalpa Station, Langhorne's Creek, South Australia
Enlistment date29 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT Seang Bee on 13 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row EE, Grave No. 5), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary Ann JENNINGS; husband of Ellen Elsie JENNINGS, Renmark, South Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother Percy A Jennings killed in action in France, date unknown

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