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JENKINS, ELVAS ELLIOTT. 1911.
Fairfield S.S.; Queen's; former student of Arts.
17.9.14, Spr. 2nd F.C.E.; sailed 21.10.14; L/Cpl. 1.4.15; 2/Cpl. 7.7.15; T/C.Q.M.S. 30.8.15; to 1st Pnr. Btn. 10.3.16; 2/Lt. 12.3.16; Lieut., 14.6.16.
He was sent out to make a reconnaissance near Albert, was shot by a sniper, and died of wounds on 2oth July 1916. He was the first Australian to fall on the Somme. He was buried at Dantzig Alley in the British Cemetery near Mametz.