Albert JONES

JONES, Albert

    Service Number: 2854
    Enlisted: 18 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Tuena, New South Wales, 13 November 1874
    Home Town: Coutts Crossing, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 6 August 1916, aged 41 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2854, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
    30 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2854, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    30 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2854, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    6 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2854, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2854 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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    Biography

    "...2854 Private Albert Jones 13th (later 45th) Battalion of Auburn, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire (A8) on 30 September 1915. He was killed in action in the trenches at Pozieres, France, on 6 August 1916, aged 41. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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