JONES, Oliver
| Service Number: | 2339 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1887 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | influenza, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 3 July 1919, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-04. 93. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2339, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2339, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2339, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 30 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2339, 36th Infantry Battalion |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
101 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 3th July 1919, Private Oliver Jones, 36th Battalion, painter from 149 Church Street, Newcastle West, (The Hill), New South Wales, died at the Waratah Hospital, N.S.W. of influenza (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139440058), and was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the 4th July 1919, age 31. ANGLICAN 1-04. 93.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139440016 - funeral notice states service.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139444078
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 18th November 1887 to Thomas E and Emma Jones, Oliver enlisted May 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 2.2.1917 (bronchitis & influenza), 30.9.1917 (alveolar abscess), 13.1.1918 (trench fever), Oliver returned home June 1918, discharged medically unfit 30th October 1918.
Mr Jones’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill St. John's Anglican Church Honor Roll (photo), and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
Oliver’s headstone inscription proudly tells us he served with the 1st A.I.F., 36th Battalion, and I have placed poppies at Oliver’s gravesite in remembrance of his duty for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/…/war-…/index.php…
Lest We Forget.
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