JONES, John Thomas
Service Number: | 14 |
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Enlisted: | 19 October 1915 |
Last Rank: | Major |
Last Unit: | 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, August 1881 |
Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Albury Grammar School |
Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
Died: | Heart Attack, Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 23 April 1942 |
Cemetery: |
Albury General Cemetery, NSW |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 14, 4th Imperial Bushmen | |
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28 Jun 1900: | Wounded 4th Imperial Bushmen, Returned to active duty when recovered |
World War 1 Service
19 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Medical Officers | |
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17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
10 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW right calf, penetrated | |
29 Jun 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, Battle for Pozières , Capt Thomas worked unceasingly in a dressing station which was continually shelled from 7th to 10th August when he was evacuated due to wounding. | |
1 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 12th Field Ambulance | |
18 Apr 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Bullecourt (First), Continuous gallantry in attending to Wounded at Bullecourt 1 April 1917 and Messines June 1917 | |
10 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 12th Field Ambulance | |
12 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
28 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF |
Major John Thomas Jones MC, MiD
Major John Thomas Jones, MC, MiD, MB, AAMC served as RMO (initially as Captain) in the 47th Battalion AIF. He enlisted 19/10/1915 and embarked from Australia 17/12/1915, on "A35 SS Berrima", serving as RMO of the 47th Bn from 10th March 1916 to 1st of November, 1917 at Pozieres where he was wounded on 12/8/1916, and then the Somme, Bullecourt, Messines and Ypres-Passendaele (1917). There he joined the 12th Australian Field Ambulance, who he remained with until 27 October 1918, when he transferred to the 2nd , serving until demobilisation. Awarded an MC 1/1/1917 for his actions at Pozieres and also Mentioned in Dispatches. His early education was at Albury Grammar School.
Sydney University Book of Remembrance, with additions
Submitted 20 March 2019 by Evan Evans