JONES, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 4526 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Longford, Tasmania, Australia, 28 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Longford, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Longford State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 5 May 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Longford War Memorial, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4526, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 4526, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 4526, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 5 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4526, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4526 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Albert Edward Jones and his brother Alfred Arthur 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.
Albert earned the Military Medal for bravery only weeks before he was killed in action at the Second Battle of Bullecourt. At Boursies on the night of 9/10th April 1917 Pte. Jones rushed out with a Lewis gun under heavy fire and took up a position 150 yards in front of the Australian line, engaged the enemy machine guns and subdued them considerably.
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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