JONES, Alfred
| Service Number: | 3814 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Everton, Liverpool, England, 19 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Railway official-Tramway conductor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 23 March 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3814, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3814, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3814, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Gunshot wound to his arm. Evacuated to England on hospital ship, 'St Patrick'. Treated for 3 months at Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester. | |
| 23 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 3814, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3814 awm_unit: awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 34 and the son of Charles West Jones and Agnes Jones, of 19, Seaton St., Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland.
According to CWGC he was a native of Wigtownshire, Scotland, but in fact he was born in the Everton District of Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
School-Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Scotland
[Garlieston is a small planned coastal village in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It was founded in the mid 18th century by Lord Garlies, later 6th Earl of Galloway.]
Age on arrival in Australia 28
Enlistment date 14 August 1915
Place of enlistment-Holsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private
Age at embarkation 32.
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/20/2
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Remembered on the Ardrossan War Memorial.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Alfred JONES (Service Number 3814) was born on 19th April 1883 at Everton, Liverpool, England. He was casually employed as a tram conductor from 21st November 1911. He became permanent in 1912.
Jones enlisted at Holdsworthy (now Holsworthy) on 14th August1915 and was allotted to the 12th Reinforcements to the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion. He was unmarried and gave his mother living in Ayrshire, Scotland as his next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Medic’ on 30th December 1915 and, after a brief period in Egypt, embarked at Alexandria for Marseilles (France) and the Western Front. He was taken on the strength of the 3rd Battalion on 25th May 1916.
He was wounded in action, at Pozières, between 22nd and 27th July. This gunshot wound to his arm caused his evacuation to England on the Hospital Ship ‘St Patrick’ and treatment for three months at the Graylingwell War Hospital at Chichester.
It was not until January 1917 that he re-joined the 3rd Battalion. He was given leave in England a year later in January 1918.
After his return to France he was killed in action on 23rd March 1918. There are several reports of his death and they all agree.
Private A Law (6526) reported:
‘Two miles in front of Hill 60, some time in March. Jones was out on patrol work with 9 other men, about midnight. A minenwerfer bomb landed on the ten men and blew Jones to pieces and wounded three others. I was ten yards from them. We closely searched spot for trace of Jones but found nothing.
He was a tram driver in Sydney. His people live in Scotland. Age about 32: tall: greyish hair: clean shaven.’
The official documents do include a note that he was buried at Verbiandenmolen and the map reference was recorded. However, Jones has no known grave. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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