Ernest Gordon JONES

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Service Number:	6040
Enlisted:	18 January 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gloucestshire, England, 1895
Home Town:	Raglan, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Selector
Died:	Tuberculosis, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, 12 June 1918
Cemetery:	Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Queensland Church of England Section, Grave 1104
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6040, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
8 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6040, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6040, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane
27 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6040, Discharges at the 1st Military District as medically unfit with Tuberculosis

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Son of Henry Austin and Zellah Jones of 'Backland Farm', Raglan, QLD

29 December 1916 - to hospital with Mumps

19 March 1917 - returned to Australia on board HMAT Beltana for discharge

Medals: British War Medal. Victory Medal