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JENNINGS, Robert
(Service number 25/116)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	08/09/1887	Place of Birth	Invercargill

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Eltham
Occupation	Bank clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	George JENNINGS (brother), Fortrose, Invercargill
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Battalion, B Company New Zealand
Date	5 February 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert JENNINGS, born in 1887 at Invercargill, was the son of George and Margaret JENNINGS.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 August 2015]; NZ BDM Indexes historical records (Department of internal Affairs) [04 December 2015]; Southland Times, 10 October 1916, Press, 29 September 1916, Timaru Herald, 29 September 1916 (Papers Past) [11 August 2015; 04 December 2015]

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