Service Details
Name:
 JENSEN
Given Name:
 ERNEST PETER
Initials:
 E P
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
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Unit:
 58th Bn.
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Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-10-08
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Date of Birth:
 1889-04-08
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Regina Trench, while leading his Company over from the "jumping off" trench to the enemy lines, he was hit by a machine gun bullet and died about twenty minutes later
Additional
Information:
Son of Fred Jensen, of Brandsdrift, Wasminster, South Africa. Born in South Africa. Previous service with Imperial Light Horse in South African War. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 VIMY MEMORIAL
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