Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 08/06/1915
- Date of Discharge
- 12/08/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Melbourne, Victoria
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Sydney NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- Doris Jennings (wife), Campbell Street, Little Clovelly NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 312
- Final Rank
- Bombardier
- Final Unit
- 54 Battery, 14 Field Artillery Brigade AIF
Notes
Jennings belonged to the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery and was a limber gunner at the Royal Military College, Duntroon when he enlisted. Before he embarked for France with the Siege Artillery in July 1915 he married Doris Cleveland in Queanbeyan. He served on the Western Front during 1916 and 1917 but after recovering from illness, he was transferred to the 54th Battery of the 14th Field Artillery Brigade which was attached to the 5th Division of the AIF. 14FAB supported the 5th Division during the major battles of 1918 around Villers-Bretonneux, Péronne and the Hindenburg Line.
Description - height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 130 pounds, chest 34-37 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, black hair, Church of England.
Sources
WWI Nominal Roll http://www.awm.gov.au/nominalrolls/ww1
Journal of the Royal Military College of Australia (June 1916)
NSW Births, Deaths & Marriages - http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)