JONES, George Joseph
| Service Number: | 480 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1879 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Merewether Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 12 February 1959, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-08. 10. |
| Memorials: | Merewether Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 480, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 480, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 480, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 480, 54th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit - wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
66 years ago today, on the 14th February 1959, Private George Joseph Jones, 54th Battalion (Reg No-480), miner from 70 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 79. METHODIST 4-08. 10.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 28th April 1879 to George, died 23.12.1937, Merewether, N.S.W., age 82, from 262 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, and Caroline Britton Jones, died 14.7.1943, Merewether, N.S.W., age 83, mother of 9, from 22 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, George enlisted on the 28th February 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 13th May 1916.
Transferred to 54th Battalion 22.9.1916.
Granted leave to England from 25.10.1917 to 11.11.1917.
Wounded in action - 1.9.1918 (GSW head & left buttock, severe).
Commenced return to Australia 9.12.1918.
George arrived home invalided on the 1st February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 30th September 1919.
Mr. Jones’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates, Merewether Public School Roll of Honor and the Merewether (Glebe) Methodist Church Honor Roll.
Unfortunately, George’s name has not been inscribed at the Jones gravesite, so April 2015 I erected a cross with David Harrower in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother Arthur Jones, born 4.8.1896, Merewether, New South Wales, apprentice plumber from 70 Macquarie Street, Merewether, New South Wales, enlisted 12.3.1916, 36th Battalion, Reg No-1295, admitted to hospital 15.4.1917 to 20.4.1917 (influenza), KIA 10th June 1917, Battle of Messines, age 20 years 10 months, resting at Toronto Avenue Cemetery, Belgium. Row B Grave 19, memorialised same location.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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