Ernest JONES

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Service Number:	569
Enlisted:	7 September 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gladstone, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Eudunda, Goyder, South Australia
Schooling:	Broken Hill Central Public School, New South Wales and Oodla Wirra School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 March 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Spoilbank Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Eudunda War Memorial

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 569, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 569, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
15 Mar 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant
Date unknown:	Wounded 569, 12th Infantry Battalion

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