ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

JONES, Charles Edward John

JONES, Charles Edward John

Full Name: Charles Edward John

JONES

Date of Birth: 11

–

1891

Place of birth: Euroa VIC

Australia

Occupation: Sleeper Hewer

Address: Greenbushes WA

Next of Kin: Father – John Sweeney JONES, Mother – Caroline JONES

Next of Kin Address: Greenbushes WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 3554

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-10-02

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1916-01-17

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1916-02-07

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Villers Brettoneux France

Age at Death: 24

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

PREVIOUS SERVICE
25th Light Horse Machine Gun Section Balingup WA
25/09/1915- Signed Application to Enlist & Preliminary Medical Examination Greenbushes WA
2/10/1915- To 31 Depot as Private
16/10/1915- To ” A ” Company 4th Depot Battalion
1/11/1915- To 8th Reinforcements 28th Battalion
11/01/1916- To 8th Reinforcements 28th Battalion Blackboy Hill WA
17/01/1916- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Borda ” bound for Egypt
7/02/1916- Disembarked Alexandria Egypt to Overseas Training Base
3/03/1916- Transferred to 51st Battalion Zeitoun, Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
5/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
3/09/1916- Reported as Missing in Action France
23/04/1917- Court of Enquiry confirmed JONES as being Killed in Action near Villers Brettoneux on 3 September, 1916.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 30809

Victory Medal – No. 30627

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 323325

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Greenbushes War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 153

Villers Brettoneux Memorial France