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WW1 AUSTRALIAN MEMORIAL DEATH PLAQUE 4TH BN 6628 LANCE CORPORAL GEORGE EASTBOURNE MOLYNEAUX JENKINS FRANCE 1918 MEDAL ANZAC
Offered is a Memorial Plaque, wax card cover, condolence slip & copied photograph, attributed to Lance Corporal G. E. M. Jenkins, who served with the 4th Battalion, A.I.F., being killed in action Strazeele, France 17/4/1918. Memorial Plaque named GEORGE EASTBOURNE MOLYNEAUX JENKINS with original wax card cover, condolence slip & copy photograph. Comes with copy service records, embarkation roll, Bn war diary October 1917 & April 1918 & Commonwealth war graves commission certificate. George Eastbourne Molyneaux Jenkins was born in Sydney N.S.W in 1893. He enlisted in the A.I.F. on the 14/2/1916 after being previously rejected due to being under the height limits. He was posted to the 21st reinforcements for the 4th Bn A.I.F. He embarked at Sydney 30/9/1916 on the H.M.A.T. A60 Arena and landed in Plymouth 19/11/196. After training with the 1st Training Bn he landed France 13/3/1917 and to B Coy 4th Bn on 20/3/1917. Wounded in action 4/10/1917 shrapnel wound to leg during attack at Broodseind Ridge. He was evacuated to England with his wound now classified as severe gunshot wound to left leg. Returned to the 4th Bn 19/12/1917 and was killed in action on the 17/4/1918 when the Germans attacked at Strazeele. From […]
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