JONES, Walter Nelson
| Service Number: | 892 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia, 30 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kenthurst Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 22 August 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Kenthurst & Annangrove War Memorial, Kenthurst and Annangrove In Memoriam Roll of Honor, Kenthurst and Annangrove WW1 Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Feb 1915: | Enlisted | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 892, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 892, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Walter Nelson JONES (Service Number 892) was born on 30th January 1891 at Parramatta. He worked with the NSW Government Railways as a blacksmith's assistant in the Signalling Branch, based in Sydney, commencing work on 24th February 1914.
On 6th February 1915 Jones was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. He enlisted at Liverpool three days later and was allotted to the 18th Battalion. he was not married and nominated his mother Rosina Isobel Jones of Kenthurst via Parramatta as his next of kin.
Jones left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Ceramic’ on 25th June 1915.
He was ‘wounded’ at Gallipoli on 22nd August 1915. This report was changed to ‘wounded and missing’. His fate was then left undetermined until a Court of Enquiry, sitting in France more than a year later, confirmed that he was dead.
Over several months the military authorities and the Red Cross were bombarded by letters from Jones’ father seeking information about his missing son. Only one credible report was found from a Private Lowe to the effect that Jones, who was known to the informant as Jonah, was sniped through the jugular vein at Hill 60 and died instantaneously. Unfortunately, the body was not recovered as the party lost themselves in the confused hilly country.
Jones has no known grave. He is remembered at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli.
His mother was awarded a pension of 30/- per fortnight.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.