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William John JONES

Regimental number6147
Place of birthTambo, Queensland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Address41 Brown Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 10"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFriend, Mrs M Spickett, 41 Brown Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date4 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 26 July 1919
Discharge date7 January 1921
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 22 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 13 October 1916.

Found guilty, No 3 Command Depot, 4 November 1916, of insolence to an NCO: awarded 24 hours' detention.

Proceeded overseas to France, 12 December 1916; marched in to 4th Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 13 December 1916.

Found guilty, 28 December 1916, of being absent without leave from 8.15 am parade, 27 December: forfeited 2 days' pay.

Joined 13th Bn, in the field, 2 January 1917.

Admitted to 1st Anzac MDS, 17 January 1917 (diarrhoea); rejoined Bn, 19 January 1917.

Wounded in action, 4 February 1917 (gun shot wound and diarrhoea); admitted to 4th Division Rest Station, and discharged to duty, 7 February 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 9 February 1917.

Reported Missing in Action, 11 April 1917; subsequently reported Prisoner of War, interned at Minden, Germany.

Repatriated from Germany; arrived England, 25 November 1918, and admitted to King George Hospital, Stamford Road, London (debility); discharged on furlough, 4 December 1918, to report to AIF Headquarters, London, 4 January 1919.

Extension of leave granted to 10 January 1919.

Granted leave with pay and subsistence [fees 7/6- per week], 13 January-12 March 1919 (Non-Military Employment: study, attending Halifax Tenchnical College.

Married Evelyn CORDER, St Martin's Church, Halifax, 11 March 1919.

Granted leave from 12 March to 12 May 1919 with pay and subsistence (Non-Military Employment: attending wool course, Thomas Crossland, 137 Lunbridge Road, Bradford).

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Demosthenes', 26 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 19 September 1919; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 7 January 1921.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 1764 William John JONES for first period of service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, JONES William John

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