Regimental number | 929 |
Place of birth | Horsens, Denmark |
School | Catholic School, Denmark |
Age on arrival in Australia | 28 |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Lumper |
Address | Chapman Road, Geraldton, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Height | 5' 10" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Soren Jensen Feldt, Horsens, Denmark |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.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 details | Address incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Chakwan Road, Geraldton. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FELDT Jens Jensen
Red Cross file 1050101 |