Denis Robert JONES MM

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Service Number:	348
Enlisted:	19 August 1914
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dysart, Tasmania, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town:	North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Queen's College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 3 September 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, The South Australian National War Memorial

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 348, 10th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 348, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 348, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10th Infantry Battalion
1 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Infantry Battalion
27 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion
1 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 50th Infantry Battalion
26 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 50th Infantry Battalion
7 Nov 1916:	Honoured Military Medal
Date unknown:	Involvement 348, 50th Infantry Battalion

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