JENKINS C.B.

Given Names:  Claude Benjamin (Albert)

Service Number:  17511

Unit:  Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron 1                                                                       

Rank:  2nd Corporal                                                                                                        

Paybook Number: 

Age:  22 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Telegraphist & Soft  Goods Man                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                   

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  31-34½ In

Hair:  Dark

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/10/1916

Place:  Broadmeadows

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Benjamin Jenkins

7 Highbury Grove, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  9/5/1917

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Port Sydney A15

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Sorkummund                                   

Embarked:  15/6/1919                                

Disembarked:  3/8/1919

Unit:  2nd Division Signal Company                                                                                                

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:                                        

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  63967

Victory Medal:  61734

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    1895

Place:  Kew, Victoria                                

Father:  Benjamin JENKINS                      

Mother:  Isabell Jane CATTACH

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Sylvia Irene REED

DEATH

Date or Year:   6/1/1982

Place: ,            

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment from 26/3/1919

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted: 

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COMMENTS

Name Claude Albert in Trinity Grammar