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Walter Henry JONES

Regimental number3886
Place of birthBeaunga, Victoria
SchoolPublic
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressNo 2 Railway Mill, Dwellingup, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Jones, No 2 Railway Mill, Dwellingup, Western Australia
Enlistment date6 July 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 June 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
FateDied of wounds 5 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot IX, Row L, Grave No. 6A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
153
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Francis JONES; husband of Mrs E.M. SINCLAIR (formerly JONES), Glyde Street, Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia. Native of Beauanga, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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