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JONES, Charles Ernest

Service Number:	351
Enlisted:	12 April 1915, Place of enlistment - Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Wall of Remembrance (Southern Villages Memorial)

World War 1 Service

12 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 351, 26th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Brisbane, Queensland
24 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 351, 26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A11' Ascanius from Brisbane on 24th May 1915, disembarking Egypt.
4 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 351, 26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt for Gallipoli, returning to Alexandria ex Mudros on 9th January 1916.
15 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 351, 26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt on 15th March 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 21st March 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force.
29 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 351, 26th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wound to left shoulder, compound comminuted fracture to left humerus. Admitted to 26th General Hospital; transferred to Chatham Military Hospital on 3rd August 1916; transferred to 1st Auxiliary Hospital on 19th April 1917; discharged to Weymouth on 18th May 1917.
21 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 351, 26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on Hospital Transport Ship Euripides on 21st July 1917, disembarking Melbourne on 18th September 1917.
30 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 351, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharge as medically unfit due to wounds.

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of William Robert and Jane E JONES of Bowral.

Brother of

204 Sergeant Robert JONES - 56th Infantry Battalion, killed in action France, 2nd August 1916 (born 1888)
203/5815 Corporal William Myles JONES (MM) - 18th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 20th July 1919 (born 1893)
1192 Private Edward Malcolm JONES - 11th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 30th March 1916 (born 1896)