Clyde Leonard JONES

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Service Number:	34425
Enlisted:	29 September 1916, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 October 1892
Home Town:	Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Albeura State School, Hobart, Tasmania
Occupation:	Engineer (Railways)
Died:	Died of wounds, 17th CCS, Lijssenthoek, Belgium, 16 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXI, Row H, Grave No. 10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Lower Sandy Bay Honour Roll, Tasmanian Government Railways

29 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 34425, Field Artillery Brigades, Claremont, Tas.
19 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Laverton, Vic.
5 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne
11 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 34425, Field Artillery Brigades, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 34425, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
14 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 34425, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, SW and gassed at ANZAC Ridge. Evacuated to 17th CCS at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds two days later on 16 October 1917. He had only been TOS on 13 October 1917.
16 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 34425, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 34425 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-16

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