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Jenkin Stanley DAVIES

Regimental number803
Place of birthNumurkah, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
Other trainingWorking Men's College
ReligionMethodist
OccupationUpholsterer
Address3 Hudson Street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Davies, 3 Hudson Street, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the 55th Essendon Rifles, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed as Corporal, Intelligence Section, 29th Bn. (details from mother)
FateKilled in Action 25 October 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death22.1
Place of burialCaterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 7), Longueval, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
115
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jenkin and Janet DAVIES. Born in Victoria. Town. Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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