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Walter Henry JONES

Regimental number677
Place of birthBothwell, Tasmania
SchoolHome Training
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressJericho, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Charles James Benjamin Jones, Jericho, Tasmania
Enlistment date21 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 May 1917
Place of death or woundingG.W., France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 1), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles James and Mary Ann JONES, Oatlands, Tasmania. Native of Bothwell, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4527 Pte Clarence Morgan JONES, died on service.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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