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English Māori

Louis Jenkinson

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Portrait of Sub Lieutenant Louis Jenkinson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, taken by Louie De Barron, Southampton, 1914. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections, B0469. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sub Lieutenant Louis Jenkinson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, taken by Louie De Barron, …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Louis AWMM
  • Surname
    Jenkinson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
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Civilian life

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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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    WW1 10 November 1916 AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Promoted to Lieutenant 10 November 1917 (Hydrophone Officer).

    Trawled in fish Hydrophone at Malta and obtained a 1st Class Certificate.

    Palmer recruit enlisted at Auckland in 1916 - reported as serving in RNVR in September 1918. AWMM

Death

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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    National Archives (UK). Military History resources.
    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/?WT.ac=MHhomepage
    Sources Used
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      45: 22 AWMM
    • National Archives (UK), Kew AWMM
    • Attestation papers are held at Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton AWMM
    • McEwan, J. (1995). Auckland Rockies : a history of Auckland's Naval Reserves from 1858-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Pyramid Press. AWMM
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