Herbert Arthur JONES

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JONES, Herbert Arthur

Service Number:	QX37047
Enlisted:	29 September 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2/1 Guard Regiment
Born:	Eumundi, Queensland, Australia, 7 April 1906
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 12 October 1978, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Herberton General Cemetery, Qld
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World War 2 Service

29 Sep 1942:	Involvement Private, QX37047
29 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37047
29 Sep 1942:	Enlisted
3 Dec 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37047, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, embarked Townsville for Buna per Katoomba
30 Apr 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37047, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, embarked Finschaufen for Townsville per Thomas Corwin
16 May 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 2nd/15th Infantry Battalion
26 Apr 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37047, 2/1 Guard Regiment, embarked Townsville for Morotai per Frederick Sykes
11 Jul 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37047, 2/1 Guard Regiment, embarked Morotai for Borneo per LST574
21 Jan 1946:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37047, 2/1 Guard Regiment, embarked Labuan for Brisbane
14 Feb 1946:	Discharged
14 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX37047

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Herbert Arthur Jones (Service No:QX37047) enlisted in the Army on 29 September 1942 and was attached to 2/43 Infantry Battalion when he embarked from Townsville for Buna on board the Katoomba on 3 December 1943. Private Jones served in New Guinea and Borneo with 2/43 and 2/15 Infantry Battalions and 2/1 Australian Guard Regiment. Private Jones was Discharged on 14 February 1946.

Born in 1906 in Eumundi QLD, Herbert was the second of five children of Arthur Jones (b1877 in Brisbane, QLD) and Edith Gridley (b1881 in Mareeba, QLD). Arthur (a Teamster) and Edith married in Eumundi in 1903 and lived in Eumundi, Ipswich, Brisbane, Roma and Collinsville.

Herbert worked as a Labourer in Gayndah and Cane Cutter in Innisfail before settling in Herberton, QLD where he was a Miner. Following his Army Service, Herbert returned to Herberton, QLD and worked as a Miner. Herbert died in 1978.

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