Frederick Blondon JONES

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JONES, Frederick Blondon

Service Number:	201
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Arlesley, Bedfordshire, England, 1886
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Arlesley Council School, Bedfordshire, England
Occupation:	Timber Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 June 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 19, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 201, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 201, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 201, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, KIA 28 June 1915

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 22 years

Son of Amelia Jones of Davis Row, Arlesley, England

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

Roll of Honour Circular comments: I understood from his letters just before he joined up he bought piece of land and planted it with fruit trees and was starting little fruit farm. I heard no more about it.

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