Harry JONES

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Service Number:	1138
Enlisted:	31 October 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wigan, Lancashire, England, 1891
Home Town:	Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

31 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
2 Mar 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Suffolk"
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded In Action -- Bomb wound right hand
1 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
29 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Corsican"
5 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
18 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, Killed In Action
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1138, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1138 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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