JONES, Henry Austin
| Service Number: | 6041 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Rockhampton, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pershore, Worcestershire, England, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Raglan, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Schooling: | England |
| Occupation: | Selector |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Kennedy Hospital, Bowen, Queensland, Australia, 8 November 1944 |
| Cemetery: |
Bowen General Cemetery, Qld Monumental Section 1 02.08.04, Grave 1729 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6041, 15th Infantry Battalion, Rockhampton, Qld. | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6041, 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, 6041, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Lillian JONES, Cowfield Farm, Raglan, Queensland
The death occurred on Wednesday last in the Kennedy Hospital, Bowen, of Henry Austin Jones, at the age of 77 years. Deceased was not very well known in Bowen as he had resided in Mackay for the past few years. Born in Worcestershire, England, Mr. Jones came out to this country with his wife and family in 1910 and after taking up share-farming for a while at Beaudesert took up timber cutting near that place and at Esk. Later he went to Raglan where in partnership with his brother Mr. E. Jones, of Ayr, he took up a scrub farm. In 1916 the home was broken up and with his three sons Mr. Jones enlisted in the A.I.F. Leaving the country in August of that year they arrived in England in October and went to the front a little later. It was only on the night of leaving England for France that the family began to be split up as they were together soon after going into camp in Australia and kept together until then. The oldest son was sent home sick soon after going to France and died in Stanthorpe in 1918 where he is buried and the second son Austin, of Bowen was sent home after being wounded, and, the youngest, Harold, of Mackay, followed Mr. Jones home when the war ended. Mrs. Jones lived in Brisbane with the youngest member of the family, Edith, while the menfolk were away. Edith is now Mrs. Sharples, of Warwick. And Mrs. Jones lives with her. Mr. Jones did not go back to Raglan, but sold the property and took a dairy farm at Stanthorpe and a few years ago came to Mackay. When his health began to fail he spent most of his time in Bowen at the Queen's Beach hotel where some months ago he was taken to hospital.
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