JONES, Thomas Walker
| Service Number: | 891 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newmarket, Victoria, Australia, November 1893 |
| Home Town: | West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kensington State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, Fromelles, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France, VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 891, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 891, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 891, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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From In Memory Of
In Memory Of Private Thomas Walker Stiles enlisted on the 12th of July 1915. He was killed in action on the 21 of July 1916 in France and is memorialised at the Rue-Petillion Military Cemetery.
Private Jones was killed in action on the 20th of July 1916 at Fleurbaix, France. I have read an In Memoriam published in The Argus newspaper from his mother, which in part reads: "Private Thos. Walker Jones, D Company, 31st Battalion, who made the supreme sacrifice on the 20th July, 1916, somewhere in France." I would say from the words "somewhere in France", he has no known grave.
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