Private Joshua Ernest Jenyns 

25th Australian Infantry Battalion 

 

 

 

Service Number:                     2170 

Place of Enlistment:               Beaudesert 

Age of Enlistment:                  27 Years 5 months 

Date of Enlistment:                12th of June 1915 

Embarked:                               Brisbane, 18th of September 1915 

Transport Ship:                       A26 HMAT Armadale 

Medals Awarded:                    1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal 

Place of Death:                        Killed in Action, Battle of Pozieres, France 29th of July 1916 

Resting Place:                         Commemorated Villers Bretonneux Memorial France 

Unit Badge:                              25th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF 

Additional Information:  

Private Jenyns was killed on the 29th of July at Pozieres as part of the 1916 Somme offensive. The 25th Australian Infantry Battalion took part in an assault on the German lines at Pozieres on the 28th-29th of July. The 25th Battalion sustained 34 Killed, 132 wounded and 179 missing in the battle. Pozieres was the most costly battle of the First World War for Australian forces, the AIF sustained 23,000 casualties over a 45 day period for minimal gains. 

Private Jenyns was killed on the 29th of July at Pozieres as part of the 1916 Somme offensive. The 25th Australian Infantry Battalion took part in an assault on the German lines at Pozieres on the 28th-29th of July and suffered 34 killed, 132 wounded and 179 missing in the battle. Pozieres was the most costly battle of the First World War for Australian forces, the AIF sustained 23,000 casualties over a 45 day period for minimal gains.