David Henry JONES

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Service Number:	7008
Enlisted:	9 October 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 19 April 1881
Home Town:	Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Suicide, France, 17 May 1918, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot 1X, Row A, Grave 65
Memorials:

9 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7008, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7008, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7008, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
18 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7008, 4th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the chest.
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 7008, 4th Infantry Battalion

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Son of David Jones and Sarah Jane Jones nee Butler of Raymond Street, Collie, WA formerly of Hobart, Tasmania.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal