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Edward JONAS

Regimental number2681
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolKings College, Clifton Hill, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCoachbuilder
Address52 Ramsden Street, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinSister, Mrs Mary Johnston, Northcote PO, Northcote, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death44
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Elizabeth JONAS. Native of Richmond, Victoria

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