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JONES, William Arthur
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | SN 1460, 1460 |
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Enlisted: | 19 January 1917 |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
Born: | Walsall, Staffordshire, England, 1894 |
Home Town: | Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia |
Schooling: | Crewe Cheshire, England |
Occupation: | Railway Fireman |
Died: | Enteric fever, At sea nearing Fremantle, Western Australia, 9 March 1919 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1460, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company | |
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11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1460, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 1460, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
9 Mar 1919: | Involvement Sapper, 1460, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1460 awm_unit: 4th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1919-03-09 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 1460, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Amy JONES of Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia