JONES J.

Given Names:  Job

Service Number:  51384

Unit:  2nd General (Victorian) Reinforcements                                                                   

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  610684

Age:  39 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Contractor                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                   

Weight:  155 Lbs

Chest:  34-37 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  26/1/1918

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Catherine Jane Jones

3 Childers Street, East Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  1/5/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Euripides A14

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Euripides

Embarked:  6/9/1919                                 

Disembarked:  20/10/1919

Unit:  6th Field Company Engineers                                                                                                

Rank:  Sapper

Discharge Date:  6/2/1920                          

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  73739

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    13/2/1878

Place:  Bedington, Cheshire, England        

Father:  Francis JONES                           

Mother:  Caroline

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:             

Spouse: Catherine Jane MAY

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/12/1942                         

Place: Mildura, Victoria                            

Burial:  Mildura Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Served in Boer War No. 7429; 2nd Battalion Chester (Queens Medal)

Gave DOB on enlistment in WW2 as 13/2/1891 and age as 49yrs, 11 mths - but was actually 63; died whilst on service

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V13008                                        

Date Enlisted:  9/4/1941                                           

Date Discharged:  29/12/1942

COMMENTS

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