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William John JONES

Regimental number137
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolState School
Age on arrival in Australia8
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTobacco worker
AddressCarlton, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Eliza Jones, 12 Station Street, Carlton, Victoria
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialTyne Cor Xemetery (Plot XXXVII, Row F, Grave No. 6), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ralph and Ellen JONES; husband of Annie JONES, 12 Station Street, Moreland, Victoria. Native of Launceston, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsHis father left Australia as a munition worker and after two years abroad, whilst returning was taken ashore, ill at Bombay and died. (Wife)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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