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JONES, Bernard Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3992 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Hill 60, Belgium, 5 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Plot VI, Row M, Grave No. 9, Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3992, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3992, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3992, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
During a changeover of the 2nd Battalion with the 4th Battalion at Hill 60 in Belgium, a minenwerfer mortar bomb exploded on a dugout, killing Jones and 10 other officers and men of the 2nd Battalion HQ unit and 2 men from the 4th Battalion. All thirteen were buried in a row in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery at Ypres, Belgium. The thirteen men lie in Plot VI, Row M, Grave Numbers 8 to 20. The incident is described in the book Over the Top: A Digger's Story of the Western Front by H.G. Hartnett of the 2nd Battalion AIF.
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