David JONES

JONES, David

Service Number: 6857
Enlisted: 26 October 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Mathoura, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Lockhart, Lockhart, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6857, 1st Infantry Battalion
8 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6857, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6857, 1st Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

He was reported by many eye witnesses to have been killed coming up to the trenches by a high exposive shell near Bullecourt. Several men stated the same shell killed 5 other men.