Frederick JONES

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Service Number:	2669
Enlisted:	28 June 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Hastings, Hawks Bay, New Zealand, 1880
Home Town:	West Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Trainer
Died:	Died of wounds - bullet to the abdomen, Gallipoli, Turkey, 9 December 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 53 Originally buried near the 13th Casualty Clearing Station where Canon Rev. H. W. Reid officiated. Grave later lost,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

28 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2669, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2669, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2669, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Anchises, Fremantle
8 Dec 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2669, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW abdomen

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Arrived in Australia aged 12 years

Next of kin given as a friend Norah Mack of 19 Cowle Street, West Perth, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal