JONES, Sydney Fisher
| Service Number: | 1970 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Linesman Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1970, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1970, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1970, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Residential address at the time of enlistment was Parke Street, South Brisbane, QLD
Son of Thomas Belton and Sarah Elizabeth Jones of Albert Street, South Brisbane, QLD
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Sidney Fisher JONES (Service Number 1970) was born on 14th May 1889 at South Brisbane. He worked for the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a linesman’s labourer with the Electric Tramways from 20th May 1913. In January 1915 he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. He enlisted at Liverpool on 19th January. Being unmarried he gave his father, living at Woolloongabba (Brisbane suburb) as his next of kin.
He left Australia aboard HMAT ‘Kyarra’ as part of the 5th Reinforcements to the 4th Battalion on 13th April 1915. After a short time in Egypt, he joined the Battalion on Gallipoli on 17th June 1915.
He was killed on Gallipoli between 1st and 9th August 1915 at the Battle of Lone Pine. He had been promoted to Corporal a week earlier.
As is common for deaths occurring during those chaotic days, no body was recovered. Therefore Jones has no known grave. He is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial at Gallipoli.
While Jones’ father was still alive, he was in his 70th year and unable to work. A pension of £52 per annum was paid to Jones’ mother.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.