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Percy JONES

Regimental number921
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolBentleigh State School, Victoria
Other trainingGardner and Bandsman
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs T Rule, Perry Street, Alphington, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs Laura Jones, Tucker Road, Bentleigh, Victoria
Enlistment date24 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGiven name on RoHc Percy Claude
FateDied of wounds 29 May 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 3), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Edmund and Alice JONES; husband of Laura J. JONES. Tucker Road, Bentleigh, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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