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Jens Jensen FELDT

Regimental number929
Place of birthHorsens, Denmark
SchoolCatholic School, Denmark
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLumper
AddressChapman Road, Geraldton, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 10"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Soren Jensen Feldt, Horsens, Denmark
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 July 1915
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on 24 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents Soren Jensen and Kirstine Marie FELDT, Norregade 19, Horsens, Denmark. Native of Denmark.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, ex-HMAT 'Geelong', 18 December 1915.

Admitted to No 15 Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 16 May 1916 (not yet diagnosed); rejoined unit, Moascar, 4 June 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Note on Red Cross File No 1050101: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills, 10.10.19.'

Statement, 868 Sergeant T.P. STACK, 32nd Bn (patient, Southall Hospital, London, England), 7 February 1917: ' ... informant saw Feldt shot down near Fromelles, by M.G. fire with numbers of others. This was about 50 yards in front of our parapet, some of those wounded got back, but the bodies of the killed were never discovered, as the ground had to be evacuated 10 hours later.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAddress incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Chakwan Road, Geraldton.
SourcesNAA: B2455, FELDT Jens Jensen
Red Cross file 1050101

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