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JONES, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2198 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bung Bong, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bung Bong, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarendon Methodist Church and Sunday School Honour Board, Clarendon War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wareek Bung Bong District Roll of Honor |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2198, 59th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A67 Orsova. | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2198, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2198, 59th Infantry Battalion, GSW to left elbow and right arm sustained in the line near Flers. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 26 August 1917. | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2198, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2198, 59th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood |
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