Regimental number | 3523 |
Place of birth | Raglan Street, Preston, Victoria |
School | Mitcham State School & Hawthorn Technical College, Victoria |
Other training | Nurseryman and florst |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Florist |
Address | Mount Pleasant Road, Tunstall, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, W E Jones, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunstall, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 8 July 1915 sailed in Nestor 11 October 1915. Wounded at Fleurbaix 19 July 1916, died at Aldershot 15 Feb 1917. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Brookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 1), Surrey, England, England |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter Edgar and Catherine JONES, Nestalla, New Grove Road, Healesville, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 798 Sergeant Geoffrey Ernest Jones, 60th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916. |