| Regimental number | 5700 |
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland |
| School | State School near Clifton Darling Downs, completed at Allomis Academy, Brisbane. |
| Other training | Bank |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Bank clerk |
| Address | c/o Australian Bank of Commerce, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Next of kin | Father, A P Jones, Zillmere via Brisbane, Queensland |
| Previous military service | Served in the Cadets, Boy Scouts and Citizen Military Forces (Garrison Artillery) |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 15th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on |
| Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Battalion |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Very keen in attending drill in Cadet Corps and Boy Scouts. In the latter he was appointed Assistant Scoutmaster before reaching 18 yrs. Transferred from Cadet Corps to Citizen Military Forces at 17 years and 8 months and on the outbreak of the war was called out for garrison duty with the artillery under Major Groom - served 5 months when his battery was relieved. At his parents desire he reluctantly returned from joining the AIF until he reached the age of 19. He returned to his work in the Bank in the interval and notwithstanding his youth attained the rank of ledger keeper in an important Branch. Enlisted at 19 years sailed with 18th reinforcements of 15th Bn May 1916. Served in Egypt and Western Front. Was commisssion and DCM at Riencourt 11th April 1917. (Father) |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Westhoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Age at death | 20.11 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium The Menin Gate Memorial (so named because the road led to the town of Menin) was constructed on the site of a gateway in the eastern walls of the old Flemish town of Ypres, Belgium, where hundreds of thousands of allied troops passed on their way to the front, the Ypres salient, the site from April 1915 to the end of the war of some of the fiercest fighting of the war. The Memorial was conceived as a monument to the 350,000 men of the British Empire who fought in the campaign. Inside the arch, on tablets of Portland stone, are inscribed the names of 56,000 men, including 6,178 Australians, who served in the Ypres campaign and who have no known grave. The opening of the Menin Gate Memorial on 24 July 1927 so moved the Australian artist Will Longstaff that he painted 'The Menin Gate at Midnight', which portrays a ghostly army of the dead marching past the Menin Gate. The painting now hangs in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, at the entrance of which are two medieval stone lions presented to the Memorial by the City of Ypres in 1936. Since the 1930s, with the brief interval of the German occupation in the Second World War, the City of Ypres has conducted a ceremony at the Memorial at dusk each evening to commemorate those who died in the Ypres campaign. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 76 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Adolphus Percy and Theodasia Helena JONES, Lutwyche Road, Brisbane |
| Medals |
Distinguished Conduct Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He directed his machine gun team through the enemy's wire under very heavy fire. He rendered invaluable service throughout the operations.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 Date: |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Postal Address:
Po Box 7916
Canberra BC 2610, Australia
Street Address:
Northcott Drive,
Campbell, ACT 2600
