Bernard Ashford JONES

JONES, Bernard Ashford

Service Number: 1313
Enlisted: 21 August 1914, Enlisted at St Kilda, Vic.
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Mornington, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: Hastings, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds - bullet wound to the chest, 1st Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 September 1915
Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
Plot 11, Row D, Grave 19 Rev. J. Hearn officiated, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hastings State School No 1098 Pictorial Honor Roll, Hastings War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1313, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at St Kilda, Vic.
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Bombardier, 1313, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Bombardier, 1313, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
26 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , In the field
6 Sep 1915: Involvement Corporal, 1313, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1313 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-06

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Ashford Jones and Hannah Elizabeth Jones of Hastings, Vic.

Medals: 1914-15 Star. British War Medal, Victory Medal