"In memory of our beloved soldier, he died so that we might live"
JENKINS, Samuel JohnServcie no 3862
Private 5th Pioneer Battalion Born 03 March 1899 at Wasleys, South Australia Son of Richard Burton JENKINS & Jane nee SELLICH Died of wounds 18 September 1918 Aged 19 years Buried at Hancourt British Cemetery, France. www.awm.gov.au P07627.001 |
JENKINS, Alice Catherine
Matron
Indian No 5 General Hospital
Mrs. A.C. JENKINSON appointed as Matron at Minda Home Incorporated in 1936.
Listed in Nursing in South Australia First Hundred Years page 232 as
South Australian Nurses who enslited in Other states or in England, and served in Hospitals Overseass or on Transports. (Maybe she served in England under her married name - but nurses were not allowed to be married.)
Charles Frederick JENKINSON married Alice Catherine PITCHER (29) on 01 January 1914 - he enlisted in the AIF (1076) 26 October 1914 occupation Late Health Inspector of 'Tandanya', Davenport Terrace, Wayville, SA
Nurse Pitcher was on the Local Board of Health in 1908
Died 23 February 1966 at Unley Private Hospital, Malvern
Resided at Leahurst Aged Home for Nurses, Magill
Aged 82 years
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery West Gardens RB W22 35
Indian No 5 General Hospital
Mrs. A.C. JENKINSON appointed as Matron at Minda Home Incorporated in 1936.
Listed in Nursing in South Australia First Hundred Years page 232 as
South Australian Nurses who enslited in Other states or in England, and served in Hospitals Overseass or on Transports. (Maybe she served in England under her married name - but nurses were not allowed to be married.)
Charles Frederick JENKINSON married Alice Catherine PITCHER (29) on 01 January 1914 - he enlisted in the AIF (1076) 26 October 1914 occupation Late Health Inspector of 'Tandanya', Davenport Terrace, Wayville, SA
Nurse Pitcher was on the Local Board of Health in 1908
Died 23 February 1966 at Unley Private Hospital, Malvern
Resided at Leahurst Aged Home for Nurses, Magill
Aged 82 years
Buried Centennial Park Cemetery West Gardens RB W22 35
Born 15 January 1891, Nordjlland, Logstor, Denmark
He came to Australia as a young man and was naturalised in 1914. He enlisted in the 10th Battalion and was sent to Gallipoli in September 1915. Following the evacuation he transferred to the 50th Battalion.
In Noreuil, France, when an Australian advance was checked by a manned enemy barricade, Jensen threw in a bomb and rushed the post. He then threatened the occupants with two more bombs, having extracted the pin of one of them with his teeth, and forced their surrender. A prisoner was sent to a neighbouring enemy party to demand their surrender, but they were fired on by the Australians. Jensen stood up, ignoring the danger, and waved his helmet until the firing ceased. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his efforts, 2 April 1917.
On 5 May 1918, while on patrol near Villers-Bretonneux, Jensen was severely wounded and was eventually invalided to Australia.
Still troubled by war injuries, he died 31 May 1922 at St Peters, South Australia
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
Source:
Australian Dictionary of Biography
London Gazette entry, 8 June 1917
He came to Australia as a young man and was naturalised in 1914. He enlisted in the 10th Battalion and was sent to Gallipoli in September 1915. Following the evacuation he transferred to the 50th Battalion.
In Noreuil, France, when an Australian advance was checked by a manned enemy barricade, Jensen threw in a bomb and rushed the post. He then threatened the occupants with two more bombs, having extracted the pin of one of them with his teeth, and forced their surrender. A prisoner was sent to a neighbouring enemy party to demand their surrender, but they were fired on by the Australians. Jensen stood up, ignoring the danger, and waved his helmet until the firing ceased. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his efforts, 2 April 1917.
On 5 May 1918, while on patrol near Villers-Bretonneux, Jensen was severely wounded and was eventually invalided to Australia.
Still troubled by war injuries, he died 31 May 1922 at St Peters, South Australia
Courtesy of Joy Dalgleish
Source:
Australian Dictionary of Biography
London Gazette entry, 8 June 1917