Jack Victor JONES

JONES, Jack Victor

Service Number: WX7928
Enlisted: 13 August 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 2 October 1918
Home Town: Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cart and Wagon Builder
Died: Prisoner of War - Executed, Java, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 30 April 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Singapore Memorial, Singapore (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Column 138.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

13 Aug 1940: Enlisted Private, WX7928, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
13 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX7928

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Private Jack Jones was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt in about April 1942. Private Jones and five other men escaped, making for the coast of Java by hiding among Royal Air Force Prisoners of War. The group continued their escape from Djokjakarta but were recaptured by Japanese forces, interrogated and taken away to Taskimalaja. Private Jones and the five others are reported to have been executed near Taskimalaja about April 1942. - Defence Honours and Awards 

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