Allen Godfrey JONES

JONES, Allen Godfrey

Service Number: VX46238
Enlisted: 23 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born: Porepunkah, Victoria, 4 August 1919
Home Town: Holbrook, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural causes, West Heidelberg, Victoria, 21 September 1959, aged 40 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

23 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, VX46238, Caulfield, Victoria
15 Jul 1940: Involvement Private, VX46238
15 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX46238
4 Apr 1942: Imprisoned
15 Mar 1946: Discharged Gunner, VX46238, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
15 Mar 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX46238

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Biography

"...VX46238 Gunner Allen Godfrey Jones, 4 Anti Tank Regiment, taken on his return to Australia in 1946. Jones was captured on 4 April 1942, and held prisoner, first at the Changi Prisoner of War (POW) camp then at the Great World Camp, River Valley Road Camp, Fukuoka number 1 and number 17. He was released on 9 October 1945 and discharged on 15 March 1946, returning to his home town of Holbrook, NSW. Jones passed away in 1959 aged 40." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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