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JONES, Ebenezer
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1406 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Fitter Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Turner & fitter |
| Died: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 29 September 1985, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1406, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1406, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1406, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Fitter Corporal, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Fitter Corporal, 1406, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Broodseinde Ridge, Gassed | |
| 22 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Fitter Corporal, 1406, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , 3rd MD - medically unfit, gassed. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
"A collection of Eb and Gwen (daughter) Jones memorabilia and writings can be found in the "Jones Collection" Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Established 2021. This collection was collated by Kirsten Binns Smith.
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