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Gilbert Edward JONES

Regimental number4031
Place of birthEast Guildford, Western Australia
SchoolGuildford Grammar School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway employee
Addressc/o R Wiliams, corner Goldsmith Road and Stone Street, Claremont, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs U M Jones, c/o R Wiliams, corner Goldsmith Road and Stone Street, Claremont, Western Australia
Enlistment date218 May 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 May 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name51st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/68/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied Fovant Military Hospital, Wiltshire
FateDied of disease 4 November 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialFovant (St. George) Churchyard (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 4), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Mary Jane JONES; husband of Unaitta M. JONES, 25 Smyth Road, Subiaco, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsPte Thomas H Godley, Brother in law, deceased Egypt; also Lieut Alan Morton M.C., brother in law, returned.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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