JONES, John Henry
| Service Numbers: | 1763, 4424 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Vic., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | 28 June 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 1763, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
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| 20 Mar 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1763, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4424, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4424, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne |
JOHN HENRY JONES POW
John Henry (Harry) JONES Service number 4424 was a Store-man who lived at 8 Kennedy Street, Bendigo. He enlisted on December 14, 1914, landing on Gallipoli and was wounded on August 27, 1915. He also became very ill and was repatriated home and returned to Bendigo in January 1916. He recovered from wounds and illness and returned by March 1916 was embarking to western front. He was captured 11 April 1917 at Riencourt, France. Released by the German at end of the war returning to England in January 1919 and the returned to Australia 1 April 1919.
John H Jones is photographed in POW group, part of the Australian War Memorial Collection. Accession Number P01981.038
John is identified in the group and the photo description states -
Informal group portrait of Prisoners of War (POW) artists and committee members of the ‘Gustrow Bing Boys’ entertainment troupe at a POW camp at Gustrow, Germany. ‘The Bing Boys Are Here’ was the first of a series of revues which played at the Alhambra Theatre, London during the last two years of World War I and they are the origin of the name used by the POWs for their production. Most of the performers are wearing pierrot costumes.
Submitted 17 October 2025 by Jack Coyne
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