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John Robert JONES

Regimental number5353
Place of birthLancefield, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner and blacksmith
AddressGrenfell, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinBrother, Ebenezer Jones, 105 Hodgkinson Street, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date15 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateDied of disease 26 December 1916
Place of death or woundingNot stated
Age at death53
Place of burialEstaples Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row L, Grave No. 3A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
89
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Robert and Sarah JONES. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother to Roy Jones 14th Bn, Private, Returned home.

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