Arthur Ernest Jones

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First Name:

Arthur

Middle Name:

Ernest

Last Name:

Jones

Mother's Name:

Jane Jones nee Oberg

Father's Name:

Henry Jones

Date Enlisted:

Monday, September 20, 1915

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

15th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Tuesday, August 8, 1916

Place of Death:

Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Details:

Arthur Jones (Service No 4532) was born in Wollongong, N.S.W. around 1892 and attended Wollongong Public School.

When Arthur enlisted in Brisbane, at the age of 23 he was married, worked as a labourer, and was a member of the Nundah Volunteer Fire Brigade. Arthur's wife, Maude Elizabeth, was Arthur's nominated next of kin.

Arthur embarked from Brisbane on HMAT A62 Wandilla with 14th Reinforcements, 15th Battalion on 31st January 1916. Shortly after the troops arrived in Egypt on 7th March 1916, Arthur was admitted to a Cairo hospital on 23rd March with a groin and hand injury.

He joined his unit on 2nd April 1916 and the troops were sent to France, arriving on 8th June 1916.

Arthur was killed in action on 8th August 1916 in the Pozieres/ Mouquet Farm area. His papers give no details about his death, other than 'killed in the field'.

There is no known grave for Arthur; he is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneaux, France.

Arthur's widow remarried and settled in Hercules Street, Wollongong, N.S.W. as Mrs Hunt.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, JONES A E