JONES, Arthur
| Service Number: | 1295 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1896 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cook's Hill and Merewether Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 10 June 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toronto Avenue Cemetery, Ploegsteert Wood Belgium Row B, Grave 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merewether Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1295, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1295, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1295, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 10th June 1917, Private Arthur E Jones, 36th Battalion (Reg No-1295), apprentice plumber with R. Griffiths, of Hamilton, N.S.W., from 70 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Battle of Messines, Belgium, age 20 years 10 months. Cause of death not stated.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 4th August 1896 to George (died 23.12.1937, Merewether, N.S.W., age 82) of 262 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales and Caroline Britton Jones (died 14.7.1943, Merewether, N.S.W., age 83, mother of 9) of 22 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, Arthur enlisted on the 12th March 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 13th May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 15.4.1917 to 20.4.1917 (influenza).
Arthur is resting at the Toronto Avenue Cemetery, Belgium. Row B Grave 19.
Many thanks to Eddy Lin for the headstone photo.
Place of Association - Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Jones’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether Public School Roll of Honor, Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates, Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Newcastle Central Methodist Mission Roll of Honour, Merewether (Glebe) Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Merewether Independent Order of Rechabites' Tent No. 32 Roll of Honour, Merewether Advance Football Club Roll of Honour, Newcastle 39th Fortress Company, Australian Engineers' Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name would be inscribed on the South Newcastle Rugby League Football Club Roll of Honour and the Newcastle Technical College Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Jones gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of Arthur for God, King & Country. METHODIST 4-08. 10.
Older brother George Joseph (born 28.4.1879, Merewether, New South Wales, miner from 70 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, enlisted 28.2.1916, 36th Battalion, Reg No-480, wounded in action - 1.9.1918 (GSW head & left buttock, severe, Battle of Peronne, RTA invalided 1.2.1919, 54th Battalion, died 13.2.1959, age 80, not officially commemorated) resting same location. Name not inscribed on headstone, wooden cross erected at the gravesite on the 11th April 2015 with David Harrower.
Cousin to Wilfred Vivian Hetherington (referred to as Joss, born 1895 Stockton, New South Wales, fitter from Vincent Street, Cessnock, New South Wales, enlisted 31.7.1916, 35th Battalion, Reg No-2427, Killed in Action 12th October 1917, 1st Battle of Passchendaele, age 22 years 4 months) memorialised at the cemetery. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) G SE. 63.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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