JONES, Clifford George Ambrose
| Service Number: | 4184 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | New Southgate, Middlesex, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Burringbar, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Tollington Park College, London |
| Occupation: | Jeweller |
| Died: | Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 5. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burringbar War Memorial, Murwillumbah War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4184, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4184, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4184, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 4184, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4184 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Clifford Jones was an Englishman who came to Australia with his father and at least three brothers probably around 1910. He was the son of Ambrose and Louise Jones, of London, England. His father Ambrose was in Australia, he had been a jeweller in England and he had left his wife there. He and his sons were running a dairy farm near Burringbar, New South Wales.
Two of Clifford’s brothers served at the Anzac Landing, both were wounded at Gallipoli and returned to Australia during early 1916.
A younger brother, 1878A Gnr. Stuart Harold Jones 11th Field Artillery Brigade was wounded in action on 5 April 1918, the same day as Clifford was killed in action. Stuart Jones died of his wounds nine days later, at 30 years of age.
Their sister, who was a nurse in England, 2/J/110 Sister Hilda Lilian Jones, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, died from influenza leading to pneumonia, on 28 October 1918. She was 32 years of age and buried in the Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery, Devon, England.
Clifford enlisted in the during September 1915 and was transferred to the 47th Battalion in Egypt during early 1916. He survived the Battle of Pozieres and was wounded in the left arm during the Battle of Messines in June 1917. He was evacuated to England to recover for several months.
He took part in the gallant defence of Dernancourt by the 47th Battalion, which was decimated by the onslaught of nearly three German divisions over a week from 28 March 1918. He was reported as wounded and missing in action on 5 April 1918. A court of enquiry confirmed him as ‘killed in action’ six months later.
Clifford’s remains were found after the war and he was buried in Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, France, during October 1924.
He gave his next of kin as his mother, Louisa Jones, in Finchley, England, and left his will to her.
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