Thomas Walter JONES

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JONES, Thomas Walter

Service Number:	1288
Enlisted:	11 September 1914
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	10th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Kangarilla, South Australia, Australia, 27 June 1894
Home Town:	Kangarilla, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Kangarilla Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 11 October 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

11 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1288, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1288, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
11 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 1288, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1288 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-11

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edwin and Ellen JONES nee MAYLIN, of Kangarilla, South Australia

Gunner T. W. JONES, late of the 16th Battalion, who was killed in action on October 11, was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Jones, of Kangarilla. He attended the Kangarilla public school, enlisted in September, and left for the front in November, 1914. He first served with the infantry, and was at the landing on Gallipoli. He was promoted to driver, and then gunner, and made the supreme sacrifice after a service of three years and one month. He was 23 years of age.

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