Alfred Arthur JONES

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JONES, Alfred Arthur

Service Number:	2349
Enlisted:	29 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 17 August 1894
Home Town:	Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Longford State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Messines Ridge British Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 27.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Longford War Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2349, 40th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2349, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2349, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Alfred Arthur Jones and his brother Albert Edward Jones were both killed within a month of each other during 1917. They were the only two sons of Henry and Dora Jones, of Longford, Tasmania. Their mother, Dora, passed away only three years later during 1920.

Alfred enlisted in late 1916 and joined the 40th Battalion in France on the same day as his older brother was killed at Bullecourt.

Within a month, Alfred lost his life at Messines in Belgium. The local newspaper noted, “It is only about four weeks ago that the Rev. L. T. Tarleton had the sad task of conveying to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones, of Longford, the news that their eldest son had been killed in action. Again, on Friday he had to go and break the distressing tidings that their only remaining son, Private Alfred Jones, had also made the supreme sacrifice for his King and country.”

In the Uniting Church cemetery at Longford, a memorial headstone to the two brothers reads,

As heroes they lived, as heroes they fell

They were only lads, they did their part well

They gave their life for a cause that is true

Fighting for country, for home, and for you

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