Richard Leslie Jenkin (SN 2675) born at Ballarat, was a 22 year old baker when he enlisted in Geelong on February 14th 1916. As a reinforcement for the 29th Infantry Battalion he embarked from Melbourne on March 14th aboard the Anchises. He reached the battlefields of France in June and in November he sustained a shrapnel wound to his right arm which took him out of the trenches until May 1917. On September 29th 1917 he was wounded again, gassed, and spent another three months out of the line. On July 19th 1918 he was gassed once again, this time described as ‘severe’. For him the war was over. He left England on the Ceramic in January 1919, reached Melbourne on March 23rd and was discharged on May 7th 1919.

His brother George also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Richard L. Jenkins.