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JENNINGS, William
(Service number 78597)

Aliases
First Rank	Sapper	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	20 January 1898	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Wilson Street, Timaru
Occupation	Coachsmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary JENNINGS (mother), Wilson Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	43rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers
Date	17 August 1918
Transport	Ruahine or Matatua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Engineers

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	12 May 1968	Age	70 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Salisbury Park Crematorium
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Jennings was the son of William and Mary (née McConnell) Jennings, of Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 Augsut 2014]' NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal affairs) [13 February 2017]

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