JONES, David John
| Service Number: | 6651 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rudry, Glamorgan, Wales , 1884 |
| Home Town: | Trentham, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died from gunshot wounds to spine & chest & paraplegia, The King George Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 21 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Rudry (St. James) Churchyard, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6651, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6651, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 21st September.......David John Jones was born at Rudry, Glamorgan, Wales in 1884.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 8th March, 1916 as a 32 year old Labourer from East Trentham, Victoria.
Private David John Jones, Service number 6651, disembarked in England on 16th November, 1916 & proceeded to Fovant. Wiltshire where he would undertake extra training before being sent to the Front.
He joined 5th Battalion in France on 12th March, 1917.
Private David John Jones was wounded in action on 4th October, 1917 with shrapnel wounds to hand, left leg & face. He recovered & rejoined his Battalion.
On 9th August, 1918 Private David John Jones was wounded in action (2nd occasion) in France. He was invalided to England with gunshot wounds to shoulder & Spine.
He was admitted to The King George Hospital, Stamford Street, London on 15th August, 1918
suffering from gunshot wounds to spine & chest & paraplegia – dangerously ill.
Private David John Jones died at 2.30 am on 21st September, 1918 London from gunshot wounds to spine & chest & paraplegia.
The body of Private Jones was sent to his father’s home for burial & he was buried in St. James’ Churchyard, Rudry, Wales.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/rudry.html
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