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Harry JONES

Regimental number786
Place of birthParatoo, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressNackara, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 8"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinW Jones, Nackara, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 December 1914
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A6 Clan Mccorquodale on 6 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 3 November 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date5 August 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 11 August 1915 gun shot wound, head, left groin); dmitted to 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 16 August 1915; listed as 'dangerously ill', 2 October 1915 (gun shot wound, right thigh); 'out of danger' 2 November 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Karoola', 4 November 1915; discharged (medically unfit: wounded), Sydney, 5 August 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death15 May 1949
SourcesNAA: B2455, JONES Harry

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