Forenames

Albert Charles AWMM

Surname

Jennings AWMM

Service number

• 4246 AWMM
• 6/1887 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

9 Sept 1879 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Weka Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

James Jennings (father), Weka Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• South Africa AWMM
• Messines AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 4246 AWMM
• 6/1887 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa 06 Apr 1901 AWMM
  Gulf of Taranto AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Sergeant/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM
• WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Gulf of Taranto AWMM Sergeant AWMM 7th New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 23 Company, Nelson Section AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 7th Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Albert Jennings was the son of James and Susan Jennings, of Weka St., Nelson, New Zealand.

New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141.

Father was named James Jennings. AWMM

Death

7 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  37 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
• Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
• Rai Valley War Memorial, State Highway 6, Rai Valley AWMM
• Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM
• Remembered on Cenotaph at Anzac Park Nelson
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 29 April 2018 - on site

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20521086
  Further Reference
• The Prow. Biography
  http://www.theprow.org.nz/albert-charles-jennings-1879-191/#.UeN6CtIwd8E
  Further Reference
• New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
  https://archive.org/details/newzealandatfron00lond/newzealandatfron00lond
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand at the Front a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division (1917). London : Cassell.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 368
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.