ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

JONES, Frederick George Sweeney

JONES, Frederick George Sweeney

Full Name: Frederick George Sweeney

JONES

Date of Birth: 09

–

1889

Place of birth: Brunswick 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: 3557

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: 26

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

PREVIOUS SERVICE
25th Light Horse Machine Gun Section Balingup WA
25/09/1915- Completed Application to Enlist & Preliminary Medical Examination Greenbushes WA
2/10/1915- To 31 Depot as Private
1/11/1915- To 8th Reinforcements 28th Battalion Blackboy Hill WA
17/01/1916- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Borda ” bound for Egypt
7/02/1916- Disembarked Alexandria 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 Missing in Action France
23/04/1917- Court of Enquiry found JONES to have been Killed in Action near Villers Brettoneux on 3 September, 1916.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

British War Medal – No. 30810

Victory Medal – No. 30628

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 323326

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Balingup War Memorial WA

Greenbushes War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 153

Villers Brettoneux Memorial France.