JONES, Allen Godfrey
| Service Number: | VX46238 |
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| 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: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Thomas Simmons Lawn, Row AH, Grave 44 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX46238, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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| 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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Son of George Albert JONES and Christian Mariona JONES nee BUCHAN, Bowler Street, Holbrook, Vic.
Husband of Margaret Rosina JONES nee COOK
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"...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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