Regimental number | 798 |
Place of birth | Preston, Victoria |
School | Mitcham State School and Wesley College, Victoria |
Other training | Working Men's College |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | Mt Pleasant Road, Tunstall, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 6' 0" |
Weight | 163 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, W E Jones, Mt Pleasant Road, Tunstall, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years in the 48th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Surrey Hills, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, G Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 15 August 1914, wounded at first landing at Gallipoli, 25 April, and was at the Evacuation. Killed at Fleurbaix, 19 July 1916. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Fleurbaix, France |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 18), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 170 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter Edgar and Catherine JONES, New Grove Road, Healesville, Victoria. Native of Preston, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3523 Pte Rolf Stanley JONES, 59th Bn, died of disease, 15 February 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915. Wounded in action, 25 April 1915 (gun shot wound, scalp); admitted to 2nd General Hospital, Cairo, 30 April 1915; transferred to Base Details, 5 May 1915; rejoined Bn, Gallipoli, 26 May 1915. Promoted Corporal, 28 August 1915; Temporary Sergeant, 26 November 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Detached to School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 6 February 1916. Appointed Sergeant, 23 February 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, 24 February 1916. Tried by Field General Court Martial, 13 April 1916, on charge of when on Active service, neglect of duty in that he at Ferry Post on 6 April 1916, after having been ordered by 414 A/CSM R.J. McKenna, B Company, 60th Bn, to parade a fatigue at 0630, did not not parade it until 0645; pleaded 'Not Guilty'; found 'Guilty': awarded forfeiture of seniority of rank as from 13 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Now, 25 August 1916, reported as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 1460413, 3236 Pte E.A. STONHAM, D Company, 60th Bn, 16 May 1917: 'He was in charge of VIII pl. B. Coy. and was killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th. I saw him lying in a little ditch just outside our wire as I came back out of the charge. He was shattered all below the thighs. I was alongside him for a bit. He was almost dead and could hardly talk. He must have died soon afterwards.' Note on file: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.' |
Sources | NAA: B2455, JONES Geoffrey Ernest
Red Cross File No 1460413 |