Samuel John JONES

JONES, Samuel John

    Service Number: 2436
    Enlisted: 22 February 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1878
    Home Town: Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of Wounds, Fremantle, Western Australia, 14 March 1918
    Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    20 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: ''
    20 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Uganda, Fremantle
    2 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Noreuil
    9 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2436, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle of Messines, GSW to right thigh. Evacuated to UK and then to Australia. He RTA 21 December 1917 however died of his wounds on 14 March 1918 while in the 8th Australian General Hospital, Fremantle, WA.

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Pte 2436 Samuel John Jones sustained a serious GSW to his right thigh at Messines on 9 June 1917.

    He was evacuated to the UK and then to Australia. He RTA 21 December 1917 however died of his wounds on 14 March 1918 while in the 8th Australian General Hospital, Fremantle, WA.

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