Garnet David Victor JONES

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JONES, Garnet David Victor

Service Number:	637
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, January 1896
Home Town:	Walcha, Walcha, New South Wales
Schooling:	Dominican Catholic Convent School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Clerk
Died:	Gsw To Chest, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 18), Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Tamworth ANZAC Park Memorial Gates, Walcha Glen Morrison Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 637, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 637, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 637, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles and Ida Jones of 'Argyle', Nemingha, Tamworth, NSW formerly of St Leonards Creek, Walcha, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served with the Hunter River Citzen Forces

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