JONES, Charles Herbert
| Service Number: | 2816 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Clunes State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 3, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Clunes War Memorial, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Subiaco Tent No 9 Independent Order of Rechabites Roll of Honour, Wooroloo Rifle Club WW1 Roll of Honor Board 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2816, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2816, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2816, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Egypt | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 2816, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2816 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-03 | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2816, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Charles Herbert Jones enlisted in the AIF at Blackboy Hill, WA on 5 July 1915, aged 34.
He embarked overseas on 5 October 1915 and arrived in Egypt about five weeks later, where he joined the 11th Battalion, after their return from Gallipoli, on 7 January 1916.
Still in Egypt, on 29 February 1916 he was transferred and taken on strength of the 51st Battalion.
He departed Egypt on 5 June 1916 and arrived in Marseilles, France on 12 June.
The battalion moved into the front line near Fleurbaix from 26 June 1916 and it was here that Pte Charles Herbert Jones was killed in action on 3 July 1916.
He was subsequently buried in the Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery at Fleurbaix.
Source: Extract from "Clunes War Memorial WW1" by Robert Wight, June 2022.