Regimental number | 917 |
Place of birth | Cootamundra, New South Wales |
School | State School and Beechworth College |
Other training | Student of Languages, had mastered 7 languages when killed |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | 33 Harold Street, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mrs F H E Phillips, 33 Harold Street, Upper Hawthorn, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Battery 4 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A9 Shropshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Was Interpreter for his regiment and others. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 25.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | The Huts Cemetery (Plot IX< Row D, Grave No. 10), Dickebusch, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 12 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and F.H.E. JONES, Manfield House, Beechworth, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Ray Laycock Military Medal, cousin; Edward Edwards killed, cousin. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |