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JOHNS, Clifford James
| Service Number: | 1607 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Woodville, South Australia, 11 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Cowandilla, South Australia, 2 July 1971, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Henley Beach Roll of Honor, Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1607, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1607, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1607, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 19 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1607 |
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Unit - 3 LH
6 July 1916 _ Admitted to hospital with Hernia
16 May 1919 - Returned to Australia on board HT Orari
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
21 June 1922 - Clifford married Florence Elma North in the Draper Church, Adelaide
RSL Information
Residential address 26 East Terrace Henley Beach
30 June 1924 - Joined Henley & Grange Sub Branch and never transferred and only ever had the one badge.
Biography contributed by Woodville High School
Clifford James Jones was born on 11 December 1896, in South Australia, Australia. He lived at Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt, Henley and Grange in South Australia. He lived in Adelaide , Australia, for all his life until the war. He was also a Christian.
Service papers-
Clifford James Jones decided to join the war when he was only 18 years and 7 months old. He enlisted in Adelaide SA and joined the R7 unit. He was in the unit in 12/3 Light horse.
He was Embarked Private, 1907, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide. He was then detached to 12/3rd Light Horse.
Location of Service
He served in the war for around 2 years. After about 6 months, he was admitted to the hospital because of a hernia. After his full recovery, he again joined the same unit he was in. He was admitted to hospital in April 1918 with gastro.
Life After War-
He was not married before the war but later in 1916 he married Florence Elma North in the Draper Church, Adelaide.
He joined Henley & Grange RSL Sub Branch.
He sadly then passed away in 1971. He was buried next to his mother Sarah Jane Jones
References
vwma.org.au. (n.d.). Australian Soldiers, Memorials and Military History. [online] Available at: https://vwma.org.au/explore/projects/119603/edit?wizard-page-index=4 [Accessed 1 Dec. 2023].
National Archives of Australia. (1914). JOHNS Clifford James : Service Number - 1607 : Place of Birth - Henley Beach SA : Place of Enlistment - Adelaide SA : Next of Kin - (Mother) JOHNS Sarah Jane. [online] Available at: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7360791 [Accessed 6 Dec. 2023].