Arthur Samuel JONES MID

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Service Number:	WX17660
Enlisted:	17 November 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Born:	Dwellingup, Western Australia, Australia, 2 November 1922
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 17 January 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot S. Row A. Grave 16. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE...R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX17660
17 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17660
28 Nov 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
23 Dec 1943:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Gallant and distinguished services in the Southwest Pacific area.

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