Arthur Ernest JENNINGS

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JENNINGS, Arthur Ernest

Service Number:	8965
Enlisted:	28 July 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Field Ambulance
Born:	Alberton, South Australia, 26 January 1889
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Port Adelaide Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 21 May 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Plot 11, Row B, Grave 17
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor, Port Adelaide Orpheus Society Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8965, Adelaide, South Australia
5 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8965, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: ''
5 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8965, 1st Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Saldanha, Melbourne
21 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 8965, 10th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 8965 awm_unit: 10 Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-21
21 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, 8965, Wounds to the chest caused by a German bomb dropped from a plane

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Jennings and Ellen Brown of Charles Street, Alberton, South Australia. Brother of Thomas Henry Jennings, Mabel Ellen Jennings and John Charles Jennings,

In 1921 his mother worte to Base Records stating that his father could not attend the presentation of medals as his son's death had affected him mentally

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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