Herman Hill JONES

JONES, Herman Hill

Service Number: 1096
Enlisted: 26 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Carrog, Merionethshire, North Wales, 10 April 1891
Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Ruthin Frauner School, Wales
Occupation: Tram Conductor/Farmer
Died: Died of wounds - chest, shoulder, At sea on board HS Gascon off Gallipoli, 30 May 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, buried at sea Rev. Lee Warned officiated Panel 38, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1096, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1096, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1096, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1096, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to his shoulder and chest. Died the next day on Hospital Ship 'Gascon' and was buried at sea.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of Edith Mees Jones of Due View, Carroq, North Wales

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He was employed with the Tramways Corporation, Sydney, NSW

Biography contributed by John Oakes

Herman Hill JONES (Service Number 1096) was born on 10th April 1891 at Carrog, Merionethshire, Wales. He first worked for the Tramways in Sydney as a casual conductor in Sydney from 13th September 1912. He became permanent in April 1913 and it was from this duty that he was released to join the Expeditionary Forces on 14th November 1914.

Jones had already enlisted at Liverpool two weeks earlier. Being unmarried he gave his mother as his next of kin. He was allotted to the 13th Australian Infantry Battalion and left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Medic’ on 30th December 1914. 

He was wounded at Gallipoli with gunshot injuries to his shoulder, penetrating his chest, on 29th May 1915.

He lived long enough to reach the Hospital Ship ‘Gascon’ which was lying off Gaba Tepe. Here he quickly succumbed to his injuries and died at 12 o’clock on 30th May. He was buried at sea, just off the Turkish coast. The Rev Lee Warner officiated.

As he has no grave, he in commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.

- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.

 

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