Denzil Cyril JOLLY

Regimental number3177
Place of birthWarooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
SchoolWarooka Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressOaklands Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 6.5"
Weight141 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Jolly, Oaklands, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training Scheme)
Enlistment date9 August 1915
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20
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: Charles Elinthahir and Ellen JOLLY. Native of Warooka, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 32nd Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 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'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, JOLLY Denzil Cyril
Red Cross file 1451004