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)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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