Identity
Person No.
11148
Service No.
6380
Last Name
First Name
Clement
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
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Age at Death
24
Military Service
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Date of Death
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Son of John William Jenkinson, of 158, Taylor Hill Rd., Huddersfield, England, and the late Mary Elizabeth Jenkinson. Originally from Yorkshire, enlisted in the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force at Potchefstroom in October 1915, aged 23 years. He had earlier seen service in the Natal Carbineers and Botha's Natal Horse, and fought in German South-West Africa. Posted to "B" Company of the 2nd South African Infantry (Natal and Orange Free State Regiment), he arrived in France, via Egypt, in April 1916 and was killed in action in the epic battle for Delville Wood on 15 July 1916.
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project