JONES, Francis Lionel
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Sea Transport Staff |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1866 |
| Home Town: | Geebung, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Architect |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 November 1953, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Cremated- Ashes Taken, location unknown. |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Boer War Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
| 10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. | |
| 29 Jul 1902: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette, 29 Jul 1902, p. 4854. |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Sea Transport Staff, Embarked at Sydney 27 Nov 1915 aboard HMAT A23 'Suffolk' as Captain for the voyage only arriving Suez 3 Jan 1916. | |
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| 4 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Sea Transport Staff, Embarked for return to Australia from Suez 21 Jan 1916 aboard HM Transport 'Commonwealth' arriving Melbourne 24 Feb 1916, appointment terminated 4 Mar 1916. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Francis Lionel Jones was born 8 Jun 1866, a son of the Rev. I. Jones of Toowoomba, with historical accounts indicating his birth was in Brisbane but Qld BDM records do not confirm this. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School earning employment as a Quantity Surveyor. Hi early Military Officers Service Record indicate he held the profession of Architect while living at Geebung, Brisbane. When he applied for a commission for WW1 in 1915 he gave his profession as Architect and living at Toowong, Brisbane.
He served as a Captain in the South African (Boer) War with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and at completion of his service he was honoured with a Mention in Despatches in the London Gazette, 29 Jul 1902. With the outbreak of WW1 he applied for a Commission and was granted the Commission of Captain with the Sea Transport Services. The commission was Captain for the voyage on the Suffolk embarking from Sydney 27 Nov 1915 on completion of which he was returned to Australia on the Commonwealth and appointment terminated in Mar 1916. On his application for a commission in WW1 in 1915 he noted he was married to Rose Mary Jones.
(sources: AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murrsay p. 479; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).
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