28th Company Aust Army Service Corps
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Claude Albert Victor Jenkin (SN 8024) was born in Melbourne where he enlisted as a 21 year old carpenter on July 10th 1915. He embarked for active service on November 10th attached to the 28th Company Australian Army Service Corps . In Egypt in February 1916, he was hospitalised with appendicitis. He served through the war in France and Belgium without battle wounds, but his service was punctuated by a series of minor illnesses and discipline issues. After the war he returned to Australia aboard the Castalia, disembarking at Melbourne on May 30th 1919.
Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as V. Jeke.
