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Clyde Leonard JONES

Regimental number34425
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolHobart State School, Tasmania
Other trainingApprenticeship with Tasmanian Govt Railways
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer
AddressSignal Station, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Capt John C Jones, Signal Station, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Enlistment date24 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, March 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 10 May 1917
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 16 October 1917
Place of death or woundingLysenthork, France
Age at death21
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row H, Grave No. 10), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Charles and Jean Maria JONES, 44 Gregory Street, Sandy Bay, Tasmania. Native of Hobart, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsHad a cousin William Wijina Herbert No 2882 12th Bn killed in ?
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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