Soldier profiles
Name : JENKINS, CHARLES LLYN
Service Number : VX20941
Date of Birth : 13/01/1912
Place of Birth : KANGAROO FLAT, VIC
Known as : LLYN
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 06/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : EAST PRESTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : JENKINS, W
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : MEDIC (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : DAMOUR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 26/11/1945
Date Died : 26/05/1952
Age at Death : 40
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0045 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6204462 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 478920 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 368kB), Death notice (The Argus 27/05/1952)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on S.S. Tamaroa.
