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JONES, Claude George
| Service Numbers: | 3676, S212051, SX3407 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
| Born: | Torrensville, South Australia, 27 June 1900 |
| Home Town: | Torrensville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | 2 May 1982, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3676, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3676, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3676, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, S212051 | |
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| 27 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S212051, 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) | |
| 27 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S212051, 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) | |
| 27 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 22 May 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S212051, 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) | |
| 22 May 1940: | Discharged | |
| 23 May 1940: | Involvement Private, SX3407 | |
| 23 May 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 7 Aug 1940: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Claud George Jones was born in 1900, and lived in Torrensville, South Australia as a farm hand with Baptist family and his mother Mrs Elizabeth Jane Jones. When he was 15, he embarked as a private in the 32nd Infantry Battalion from Adelaide on the HMAT A70 Ballarat, on the 12th of August 1916. His Regimental Number is 3676 and his war service was the Western Front. He earned the British War Medal and the Victory Medal before returning to Australia on the 13th of January 1919.
Claud also served briefly in World War II, signing up in 1939 before being discharged in 1940 as medically unfit.
He lived a long life and passed away in Adelaide on the 2nd of May 1982, leaving his grave in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia. He also has a plaque in The South Australian Garden Of Remembrance.
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