Charles Edwin JONES

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Service Number:	504
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Essendon
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mansfield, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Violet Town State, School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Special Memorial, Grave 37 Headstone inscription reads: In affectionate memory of my dear son his loving mother
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West Leederville War Memorial

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 504, Enlisted at Essendon
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 504, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 504, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Address at the time of enlistment was 8 Hall Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria

Son if Thomas James Jones and Isabella Jones later (Isabella (Bella) Lane) on 195 Oxford Street, Leederville, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal