JONES, Leslie Trevor
| Service Numbers: | 1133, 63835 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1914, Murwillumbah, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Field Artillery Brigades |
| Born: | New Southgate, London England, 30 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Billinudgel, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Burringbar War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1133, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Murwillumbah, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1133, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1133, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 4 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 63835, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Sydney, NSW | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 63835, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Gunner, 63835, Field Artillery Brigades, RMS Orontes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Five members of his family served in WW1, three losing their lives in 1918 and the other two severely wounded at Gallipoli.
Leslie Trevor Jones was a member of the 3rd Battalion and served at the Anzac Landing 25 April 1915. He was wounded in action at during that first week, shot in the abdomen. He was immediately taken to Egypt and diagnosed with internal injuries. He was evacuated to England. He was returned to Australia because of his wounds during March 1916. He was discharged in Sydney a few months later and granted a pension of three pounds per fortnight.
He enlisted again in February 1918, in the 6th Field Artillery and was given the regimental number 63835. He left Australia in June 1918 but probably did not see action again. He was returned to Australia during July 1919.
His brother 4184 Pte. Clifford George Ambrose Jones 47th Battalion AIF, was killed in action on 5 April 1918, during the defence of Dernancourt, age 33.
His brother, 1878A Gnr. Stuart Harold Jones 11th Field Artillery Brigade was wounded in action on 5 April 1918, also defending Dernancourt, and died of wounds in England nine days later.
His sister also died in 1918, 2/J/110 Sister Hilda Lilian Jones, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, who died from influenza leading to pneumonia, on 28 October 1918. She was 32 years of age and buried in the Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery, Devon, England.
Another brother 909 Private Norman Lyndon Cyril Jones was an original member of the 15th Battalion AIF, was wounded at Gallipoli and returned to Australia in early 1916 with bomb wounds to both hands.
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