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Mark Somerville JONES

Regimental number3793
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBaker
Address274 Montague Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs L E Jones, 274 Montague Street, Albert Park, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Senior Cadets, Bendigo.
Enlistment date9 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 23 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme Sector, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 21), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
170
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Philip H. amd Mrs L.H. JONES, 42 York Street, West Richmond. Native of Bendigo
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 1 February 1916 (dental); discharged to duty, 1 March 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 18 March 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged to duty, 28 March 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, Ferry Post, 3 April 1916.

Transferred to 60th Bn, Ferry Post, 4 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File 1460805: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, JONES Mark Somerville
Red Cross File 1460805

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