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JONES, Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2181 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Southport, Lancashire, England., date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2181, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2181, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 and the son of Frederick and Harriet Jones; husband of Mary Lloyd Jones, of 68, Argyle St., Moonee Ponds, Victoria.
He is one of seven Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Southport War Memorial but 3 of these cannot be verified; they are:
Corporal J F FARAGHER
Sergeant A F HORTON
Corporal R MCGILL