Wesley Bart (Bert) JONES

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JONES, Wesley Bart (Bert)

Service Number:	2473
Enlisted:	8 January 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 31 October 1894
Home Town:	Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horsedriver
Died:	Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia, 25 May 1961, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Crow's Nest Public School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
26 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2473, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
26 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2473, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney

Long lost great grandfather

I grew up knowing my family name came from a step-great-grandfather but not knowing who the birth-great-grandfather was. Recently my father discovered Wesley Jones was the one. At the time my parents had only recently visited Beersheba on holiday - it was fascinating to know my fathers grandfather had fought there with the Light Horse Brigade. We now have his war diary, medals and a souvenir sword he bought whilst overseas on service. My siblings and I bought my father a print of a photograph showing the Light Horse Brigade charge at Beersheba - perhaps his long lost grandfather is one of those in that photo?

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