JONES, Albury Fullerton
| Service Number: | 7731 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Forbes, Forbes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 20 March 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 7731, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 7731, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 20th March…… Albury Fullerton Jones was born at Laggan (district of Crookwell), NSW in 1898.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 5th October, 1917 as a 19 year old, single, Legal Clerk from Forbes, NSW.
Private Albury Fullerton Jones, Service number 7731, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Ulysses (A38) on 19th December, 1917 with the 2nd Infantry Battalion, 26th Reinforcements & disembarked at the port of Suez on 16th January, 1918. He re-embarked from Port Said on Leasowe Castle on 24th January, 1918 & disembarked at Taranto, Italy on 2nd February, 1918. Private Jones entrained from Taranto on 5th February, 1918 & detrained at Cherburg, France on 12th February, 1918 then embarked from Cherburg for England the same day. Private Jones disembarked at Southampton, England on 13th February, 1918.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 13th February, 1918 Private Jones was marched in to 1st Training Battalion at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire from Australia.
He was sent sick to Hospital on 17th March, 1918 & then admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 18th March, 1918, cause – not yet determined.
Private Albury Fullerton Jones died on 20th March, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Thrombosis of Mesenteric Veins.
He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves & 2 Australian WW1 Nurses are laid to rest.
The Red Cross Wounded & Missing file for Private A. F. Jones contains a letter from The Matron of Military Hospital, Sutton Veny which reads:
“Pte Jones was only admitted here one night and died the next day after an operation. He never spoke much after the operation or took much notice of anyone. The sister of the Ward did write to his mother. He died of Thrombosis of the Mesenteric (?) Veins, and was buried at Sutton Veny in the churchyard which surrounds the Church. Date of death 20.3.18. 5.30 p.m.”
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/f---j.html
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