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JONES, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2485 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 June 1915, Enlisted Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saddler-harness maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 18 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Myrrhee HB1, Myrrhee State School Pictorial HB, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2485, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Wangaratta, Victoria | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2485, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2485, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne |
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