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Edward Herbert JONES

Regimental number1860
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
Place of birthBrunswick East, Victoria
SchoolBonn near Rochester
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationState school teacher
Address106 Lygon Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, William Jones, 106 Lygon Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Enlistment date8 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Orontes on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 April 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 11), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
128
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr W. and Dortothy JONES, Randall Street, Mordialloc, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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