JONES, Arthur Edward
| Service Number: | 2102 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, 3 weeks 30th Bn, Discharge at wife's request |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bristol, England, 4 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | The Junction, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Master baker and bread carter |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1949, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) D SW. 42. |
| Memorials: | Junction Soldier's Memorial, Merewether Junction Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 34th Infantry Battalion, 3 weeks 30th Bn, Discharge at wife's request | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2102, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2102, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 13 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2102, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, 3x wounded, medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
75 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 15th July 1949, Private Arthur Edward Jones, 34th Battalion (Reg No-2102), master baker and bread carter from Junction Street, The Junction, New South Wales and 30 Robert Street, Linwood, Wickham, N.S.W. (1920) and 55 Fleming Street, Wickham, N.S.W., father of five (Thelma E, born 1906, Arthur J, born 1908, Ethel M, born 1911, Phyllis E, born 1914, Marjorie Alice, born 3.5.1920, Wickham, N.S.W., died 4.7.1920, Wickham, N.S.W., age 9 weeks, a Bud in Heaven, sleeping here), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 67. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) D SW. 42.
Born at Bristol, England on the 4th April 1882 to William James and Jane Jones or James Theophilus and Mary Jane Jones; husband of Elspeth Wilson Jones nee Charlton, married 1905, Merewether, N.S.W., died 3.7.1965, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 82, sleeping here, Arthur enlisted on the 18th July 1915 with the 30th Battalion (father of 4), at Liverpool, N.S.W.
After 26 days, discharged at wife's request.
Reenlisted-22.3.1916, Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A68 Anchises on the 24th August 1916.
Wounded in action - 1.6.1917 (GSW left hand), 4.6.1918 (shell wound to head), 16.7.1918 (GSW forehead, mild).
Admitted to hospital 2.11.1917 (trench feet).
Granted leave to England from 14.3.1918 to 5.4.1918.
Invalided to England 20.7.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 15.1.1919.
Arthur arrived home on the 6th March 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 13th April 1919.
Mr. Jones’s name has been inscribed on the Junction Soldiers' Memorial, The Junction Methodist Church & Sabbath School Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Arthur’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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