In Memory Of
JENSEN, ERNEST PETER
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1889-04-08
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
58th Bn.
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Date of Death:
1916-10-08
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
Commemoration
Cemetery:
VIMY MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Pas de Calais
Country:
France
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.
