JONES, Pearce
| Service Number: | 2925 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia , 17 June 1884 |
| Home Town: | Dudley, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 27 December 1955, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-181. 22. |
| Memorials: | Dudley Public School WW1 Roll of Honor, Dudley War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2925, 46th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2925, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2925, 46th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2925, 46th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW leg, right calf, severe, dangerously ill | |
| 8 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2925, 46th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
66 years ago today, on the 28th December 1955, Private Pearce (Pierce) Jones, 46th Battalion (Reg No-2925), miner from Railway Street, Dudley, New South Wales and 98 Dawson Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., father of five (Edith, Gwen, Amelia, Esme & Pierce), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 71. ANGLICAN 3-181. 22.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 17th June 1884 to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Jones; husband of Hannah Jones nee Jones (married 1905, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1958, sleeping here) of Thomas Street, Dudley, N.S.W., Pearce enlisted September 1916 at Rutherford, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 2.3.1917 (not stated), 13.5.1917 (tuberculous cystitis), 14.10.1917 (trench fever), 12.5.1918 (myalgia), 14.6.1918 (pyrexia).
Wounded in action - 18.9.1918 (GSW leg, right calf, severe, dangerously ill).
Mr. Jones’s name has been inscribed on the Dudley Soldiers' Memorial (unveiled on the 25th April 1922, 74 names inscribed, 16 Fallen).
I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of Pearce’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Younger brother David (35th Battalion, Reg No-469, born 1889, died 1955, Newcastle, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Older brother William (57th Battalion, Reg No-2185, born 1880, died 1940, Belmont, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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