JONES, Vyner Evans
| Service Number: | 647 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albury, New South Wales, 23 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | 1975, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 647, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 647, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 647, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
PRIVATE VYNER EVANS JONES
Private Vyner Evans Jones (wounded), 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Battalion, 24 years of age, is a son of Mr. A. A. Jones, accountant at Messrs. T. H. Mate and Co. He is a native of Albury, and particularly well known because of his all round athletic ability. For two years he played forward on the wing with the Albury senior football club, and brilliant, steady play won him distinction. He was in the front as a runner, and won several medals for footracing and polo on skates. Whilst in Egypt he is reported to have won his heat in the footracing event for championship of 1st Battalion, but the troops left for the Dardanelles before the finals were run. For several years Private Jones was an employee at the Albury Butter Factory. Later he joined the relief staff of the Railway Department, and was at Wagga when he enlisted.
Biography
Lived in Adams Street Narrandera, NSW. Jones, Vyner Evans (Private b: 1891 d: 1975)
Letter written from hospital in Alexandria after being wounded in action, describing the landing at ANZAC, and Indian hospital.
Related unit: 1 Battalion Related place: North Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Alexandria; Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Gallipoli
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