JONES, Horace Newby
| Service Number: | 1550 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woollahra Public School, Sydney, New South Wale |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the arm, Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 13 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England Church of England Section, Grave 1732, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1550, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1550, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 27 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the arm and invalided to England on 29 August 1915 on board HS Devanha |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 13th September.....Private Horace Newby Jones was born at Paddington, NSW in 1892. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 10th April, 1915 as a 23 year old, single, Bricklayer from Bondi, NSW.
Private Horace Newby Jones embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 12th May, 1915 with the 18th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements.
Private Horace Newby Jones was wounded in action at Gallipoli Peninsula on 27th August, 1915. He was transferred to Base at Anzac on 28th August, 1915 with gunshot wounds to arm & fracture. Private Jones was invalided to England from Mudros on 29th August, 1915 on Hospital Ship Devanha & admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Hampshire, England on 12th September, 1915.
Private Horace Newby Jones died at 3.10 am on 13th September, 1915 at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, Hampshire, England from wounds received in action – guns shot wounds to right upper arm, with compound fracture of humerus. Right arm was amputated below the shoulder.
Private Horace Newby Jones was buried in Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England (Private Headstone) where 49 other WW1 Australian War Graves are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/a---j.html
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of George Parker Jones and Ellen Jones of Paddington, NSW. Brother of Nellie Jones of Imperial Avenue, Bondi, NSW and Una M. Gregory (nee Jones)
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served and apprenticeship with G.P. Jones (his father) for 5 years
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