JONES, Leonard Lewis
| Service Number: | 3634 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Signalman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Australia (I) WW1 |
| Born: | Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, 27 March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Died: | Scarlet Fever, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 18 June 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Queensferry Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland INSCRIPTION DEARLY LOVED BROTHER OF DRAYTON, GWEN AND JESSIE Grave 466. , Queensferry Cemetery, South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1914: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Boy, 2nd class, 3634, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
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World War 2 Service
| 5 Feb 1914: | Enlisted 3634 |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1917: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Signalman, HMAS Melbourne (I) | |
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| 24 Dec 1917: | Transferred Royal Australian Navy, Signalman, HMAS Australia (I) WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Signalman, 3634 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
HMAS Australia was flagship of the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron patrolling the North Sea .
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 19 and the son of Edward Wyndham Jones, of Court House, Moree, New South Wales, and the late Alice Hilda Jones.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 18th June.... Signalman Leonard Lewis Jones was born in 1899 in Bombala, New South Wales. He joined the Royal Australian Navy as a 15 year old on 5th February, 1914 & joined H.M.A.S. Tingira (a training ship which was moored at Rose Bay, Sydney, NSW) on 5th February, 1914 as Boy 2nd Class.
Boy 2nd Class Leonard Lewis Jones was transferred to H.M.A.S. Cerberus on 31st August, 1914. He was promoted to Signal Boy on 23rd November, 1914 then promoted to Ordinary Signalman Class II on 27th March, 1916. Ordinary Signalman Class II Jones was promoted to Ordinary Signalman on 27th March, 1917.
On reaching the age of 18 (27th March, 1917) Leonard Lewis Jones signed on with the Royal Australian Navy for a period of 7 years.
Ordinary Signalman Leonard Lewis Jones was transferred to the London Depot on 1st April, 1917 then transferred to H.M.A.S. Australia on 14th June, 1917.
Ordinary Signalman Leonard Lewis Jones was transferred to H.M.A.S. Melbourne on 25th September, 1917. He was promoted to Signalman on 22nd November, 1917.
Signalman Leonard Lewis Jones was transferred back to H.M.A.S. Australia on 24th December, 1917.
Signalman Leonard Lewis Jones died on 18th June, 1918 at North Sea, Atlantic Ocean from Scarlet Fever. (Source: Australian War Memorial – Roll of Honour. A newspaper report in The Independent, Deniliquin, NSW states place of death as City Hospital, Edinburgh.)
Signalman Leonard Lewis Jones was buried in Queensferry Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland where 11 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-queensferry.html
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