JONES, Arthur William
| Service Number: | 5356 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1916, L Coy |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia, 15 March 1883 |
| Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Parkes, New South wales, Australia, 18 February 1959, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Parkes Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Parkes District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5356, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), L Coy | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5356, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5356, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Involvement No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Dec 1916: | Embarked No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 26 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5356, 5th Machine Gun Company, France - GSW thigh | |
| 10 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5356, 5th Machine Gun Company, per HS Karoola | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5356, 5th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arthur was the third of fourteen children of Richard Jones (born 1840 in Devon, England) and Susannah McCausland (born 1857 in Mudgee, NSW). Richard - a Labourer - married Susannah at Parkes, NSW in 1879, and the couple settled at Condobolin in the Central West of NSW where they raised their family.
Arthur, a Labourer in Parkes NSW, enlisted in the AIF in March 1916. He served as a Private (Service No:5356) with 45th and 18th Infantry Battalions and 5th Machine Gun Coy in France, where he was WiA in 1917 (GSW to thigh). Brother Percy Gordon Jones (Service No:1171) also served in WWI.
Discharged in June 1918, Arthur married Elizabeth Barrowman (born 1877 in Gympie, QLD) at Randwick in Sydney, NSW in 1925. Elizabeth was a Dressmaker. Arthur and Elizabeth settled at Parkes in NSW where Arthur was a Farmer at Greenbrook. He died in 1959 and Elizabeth in 1968.