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Riley Howard Jenkins

1884-1948

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

60433

About

Born in England

6 March 1884
Parents

Mother

Eda Jenkins

Father

George Jenkins

Settled in New Zealand

1913
Residence

Hometown

Roa
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

Paparoa Coal Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 64

21 December 1948

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5541 59/0060347, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Riley Howard Jenkins (1884-1948)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/415

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