JONES, Colin Walter
| Service Number: | NX177735 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Infantry Training Battalions |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 27 December 1925 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Injuries (Accident), Howell's Creek, Cowra, New South Wales, Australia , 31 August 1944, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cowra War Cemetery, NSW Plot D Row D Grave 13 , Cowra War Cemetery, Cowra, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX177735 | |
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| 29 Feb 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX177735, Infantry Training Battalions |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
The AWM online collection has a series of photos covering the Funeral held in Cowra of NX177735 Private Colin Walter Jones, VX94193 Private Norman Brian Young and VX94272 Private Geoffrey Donald Boyle, all of the 19th Australian Infantry Training Battalion.
They were killed on the 31 August 1944 along with their instructor, QX5039 Lieutenant Valentine Colin Read, while engaged in field firing exercises at Howell's Creek, south east of Cowra, by the premature explosion of a mortar bomb.
At the coronial enquiry held at Cowra on 13 September 1944, it was recorded that the deaths were not caused by neglect of any persons involved in the incident.
Lieutenant Read QX5039 had previously served in the Mediterranean campaign (1941 / 1942) and in New Guinea (1943) with the 2/5th Australian Infantry Battalion, 17th Australian Infantry Brigade
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