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William Thomas JONES

Regimental number430
Place of birthBridport, Tasmania
SchoolTaught at home
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressFerney Hill, Golconda, North East Coast, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinMother, Mrs Frances H Jones, Golconda, Tasmania
Enlistment date5 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 July 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 31). Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frances Harrington and the late William Henry JONES, Golconda, Tasmania. Native of Bridport, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsCousins: 3453 Pte Peter Robert Harrington BREWER MM, 4th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919; 1872 Pte Arthur Stanley HOODLESS, 9th Bn, died of wounds, 25 February 1917; 1837 Pte Cyril James HOODLESS, 9th Bn, died of wounds, 31 May 1917; 7239 Pte James William Victor BUSH, 12th Bn, killed in action, 10 May 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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