P05346.002 Accession Number: P05346.002

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Studio portrait of 4247 Private (Pte) John Alexander Whitmore (Jack) Jenkins, 13th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, of Alexandria, NSW. A salesman prior to enlisting on 20 August 1915, Jack embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Aeneas on 20 December 1915 bound for Europe and Africa. Pte Jenkins was later promoted to Corporal (Cpl) and transferred to the 54th Battalion. He was wounded in action on 20 July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France, and then captured by the enemy. He was interned at Langensalza in Germany where he was being treated for his wound. He spent approximately two years as a prisoner of war (POW) in a POW camp near Kassel. He was later sent to Holland for internment and returned to Australia on 3 March 1919. His brother, 6628 Lance Corporal George Eastbourne Molyneaux Jenkins, 4th Battalion, also served with the AIF; he was killed in action on 17 April 1918.

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Accession Number
P05346.002
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date Made
c 1916
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor F Pendlebury
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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