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Military service
Service number:
700159
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
November 1, 1892
Mellor Park, Essex, England
Enlistment:
December 8, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
October 8, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 23.
Additional information
Son of Alfred and Eliza Jenkinson, of Otley, Yorkshire, England.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Jenkinson
ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Miraumont is a village about 14.5 kilometres north-north-east of Albert and the Cemetery is some 3 kilometres south of the village on the east side of the road to Courcelette (D107). The ADANAC MILITARY CEMETERY is signposted in the centre of Miraumont.
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