~~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~
Service number:--- 5120
Born:--- Zeehan, Tasmania on 3rd October 1894
Schooling:--- State Public School
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Employment:--- Labourer
Home Address:--- Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Home Town:--- Beaconsfield, West Tamar, Tasmania
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 21 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr George Jones, Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Attested into AIF:--- 1st November 1915, at Ross, Tasmania.
Final Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- 12th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, aboard RMS Orontes, 29th March 1916
Final Unit:--- 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Fate:--- Wounded and killed in action on 4th September 1916, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France. (He was wounded by machine gun fire, and killed by shell fire when being retrieved by companions)
Burial:--- Courcelette British Cemetery, France
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- George Jones and Mary Ann Phoebe Goodson married 10th May 1888, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
~~~~Bio details by Contributor: THR (48277533)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After a week's journey, Alfred arrived in France and was disembarked in Marseilles on June 14, 1916. He joined the 4th Australian Base Divisional Base Depot and was transferred to the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion on July 26. He marched for Toutencourt, in the Somme on July 30, then from August 2 to 5, followed a period of training in Harponville. He joined the town of Albert on August 6, then Tara Hill on August 13. On August 14, his unit occupied a trench called "Wire Trench," then bivouacked at "Brickfields (Albert) on August 16, and joined Warloy-Baillon on August 18. he arrived at Bonneville on August 21 where the men of the 52nd Battalion followed a period of tactical exercises (trench attacks, brigade attacks). Then they remained at rest until the end of August.
On September 1, 1916, Alfred and the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion were sent to La Boisselle, and the next day joined the front line trenches in front of Mouquet Farm.
On September 4, 1916, the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion was ordered to attack Mouquet Farm and capture Fabeck Graben. During the charge Alfred was wounded by a machine gun bullet. An attempted was made to save him and bring him back to the Australian lines on the back of Private Donald Hector Macrostie. Both were hit by a shell which killed Alfred and injured Donald. At first, Alfred's body remained on the battlefield. Later, when he was not found, he was declared missing on September 4, 1916. A year later, on April 24, 1917, a commission of inquiry declared Alfred as "killed in action." Years after the war,in 1921, Alfred's body was found, exhumed and buried with military honors. Today he rests in peace with his friends, comrades and brothers in arms at Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme. His grave bears the inscription "Far from the home of his childhood sleeping his last long sleep."
Contributor: THR (48277533)
Service number:--- 5120
Born:--- Zeehan, Tasmania on 3rd October 1894
Schooling:--- State Public School
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Employment:--- Labourer
Home Address:--- Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Home Town:--- Beaconsfield, West Tamar, Tasmania
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 21 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr George Jones, Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Attested into AIF:--- 1st November 1915, at Ross, Tasmania.
Final Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- 12th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, aboard RMS Orontes, 29th March 1916
Final Unit:--- 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Fate:--- Wounded and killed in action on 4th September 1916, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France. (He was wounded by machine gun fire, and killed by shell fire when being retrieved by companions)
Burial:--- Courcelette British Cemetery, France
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- George Jones and Mary Ann Phoebe Goodson married 10th May 1888, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
~~~~Bio details by Contributor: THR (48277533)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After a week's journey, Alfred arrived in France and was disembarked in Marseilles on June 14, 1916. He joined the 4th Australian Base Divisional Base Depot and was transferred to the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion on July 26. He marched for Toutencourt, in the Somme on July 30, then from August 2 to 5, followed a period of training in Harponville. He joined the town of Albert on August 6, then Tara Hill on August 13. On August 14, his unit occupied a trench called "Wire Trench," then bivouacked at "Brickfields (Albert) on August 16, and joined Warloy-Baillon on August 18. he arrived at Bonneville on August 21 where the men of the 52nd Battalion followed a period of tactical exercises (trench attacks, brigade attacks). Then they remained at rest until the end of August.
On September 1, 1916, Alfred and the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion were sent to La Boisselle, and the next day joined the front line trenches in front of Mouquet Farm.
On September 4, 1916, the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion was ordered to attack Mouquet Farm and capture Fabeck Graben. During the charge Alfred was wounded by a machine gun bullet. An attempted was made to save him and bring him back to the Australian lines on the back of Private Donald Hector Macrostie. Both were hit by a shell which killed Alfred and injured Donald. At first, Alfred's body remained on the battlefield. Later, when he was not found, he was declared missing on September 4, 1916. A year later, on April 24, 1917, a commission of inquiry declared Alfred as "killed in action." Years after the war,in 1921, Alfred's body was found, exhumed and buried with military honors. Today he rests in peace with his friends, comrades and brothers in arms at Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme. His grave bears the inscription "Far from the home of his childhood sleeping his last long sleep."
Contributor: THR (48277533)
~~~~Military Service Record, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, World War One~~~~~
Service number:--- 5120
Born:--- Zeehan, Tasmania on 3rd October 1894
Schooling:--- State Public School
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Employment:--- Labourer
Home Address:--- Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Home Town:--- Beaconsfield, West Tamar, Tasmania
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 21 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr George Jones, Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Attested into AIF:--- 1st November 1915, at Ross, Tasmania.
Final Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- 12th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, aboard RMS Orontes, 29th March 1916
Final Unit:--- 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Fate:--- Wounded and killed in action on 4th September 1916, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France. (He was wounded by machine gun fire, and killed by shell fire when being retrieved by companions)
Burial:--- Courcelette British Cemetery, France
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- George Jones and Mary Ann Phoebe Goodson married 10th May 1888, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
~~~~Bio details by Contributor: THR (48277533)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After a week's journey, Alfred arrived in France and was disembarked in Marseilles on June 14, 1916. He joined the 4th Australian Base Divisional Base Depot and was transferred to the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion on July 26. He marched for Toutencourt, in the Somme on July 30, then from August 2 to 5, followed a period of training in Harponville. He joined the town of Albert on August 6, then Tara Hill on August 13. On August 14, his unit occupied a trench called "Wire Trench," then bivouacked at "Brickfields (Albert) on August 16, and joined Warloy-Baillon on August 18. he arrived at Bonneville on August 21 where the men of the 52nd Battalion followed a period of tactical exercises (trench attacks, brigade attacks). Then they remained at rest until the end of August.
On September 1, 1916, Alfred and the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion were sent to La Boisselle, and the next day joined the front line trenches in front of Mouquet Farm.
On September 4, 1916, the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion was ordered to attack Mouquet Farm and capture Fabeck Graben. During the charge Alfred was wounded by a machine gun bullet. An attempted was made to save him and bring him back to the Australian lines on the back of Private Donald Hector Macrostie. Both were hit by a shell which killed Alfred and injured Donald. At first, Alfred's body remained on the battlefield. Later, when he was not found, he was declared missing on September 4, 1916. A year later, on April 24, 1917, a commission of inquiry declared Alfred as "killed in action." Years after the war,in 1921, Alfred's body was found, exhumed and buried with military honors. Today he rests in peace with his friends, comrades and brothers in arms at Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme. His grave bears the inscription "Far from the home of his childhood sleeping his last long sleep."
Contributor: THR (48277533)
Service number:--- 5120
Born:--- Zeehan, Tasmania on 3rd October 1894
Schooling:--- State Public School
Religion:--- Church of England
Civilian Employment:--- Labourer
Home Address:--- Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania
Home Town:--- Beaconsfield, West Tamar, Tasmania
Marital status:--- Single
Age on enlistment:--- 21 years
Next of kin:--- Father, Mr George Jones, Cornwall Street, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Attested into AIF:--- 1st November 1915, at Ross, Tasmania.
Final Rank:--- Private
Unit on enlistment:--- 12th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Melbourne, Victoria, aboard RMS Orontes, 29th March 1916
Final Unit:--- 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Fate:--- Wounded and killed in action on 4th September 1916, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France. (He was wounded by machine gun fire, and killed by shell fire when being retrieved by companions)
Burial:--- Courcelette British Cemetery, France
War service:--- Western Front
Medals:--- British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents:--- George Jones and Mary Ann Phoebe Goodson married 10th May 1888, Beaconsfield, Tasmania.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
~~~~Bio details by Contributor: THR (48277533)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After a week's journey, Alfred arrived in France and was disembarked in Marseilles on June 14, 1916. He joined the 4th Australian Base Divisional Base Depot and was transferred to the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion on July 26. He marched for Toutencourt, in the Somme on July 30, then from August 2 to 5, followed a period of training in Harponville. He joined the town of Albert on August 6, then Tara Hill on August 13. On August 14, his unit occupied a trench called "Wire Trench," then bivouacked at "Brickfields (Albert) on August 16, and joined Warloy-Baillon on August 18. he arrived at Bonneville on August 21 where the men of the 52nd Battalion followed a period of tactical exercises (trench attacks, brigade attacks). Then they remained at rest until the end of August.
On September 1, 1916, Alfred and the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion were sent to La Boisselle, and the next day joined the front line trenches in front of Mouquet Farm.
On September 4, 1916, the 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion was ordered to attack Mouquet Farm and capture Fabeck Graben. During the charge Alfred was wounded by a machine gun bullet. An attempted was made to save him and bring him back to the Australian lines on the back of Private Donald Hector Macrostie. Both were hit by a shell which killed Alfred and injured Donald. At first, Alfred's body remained on the battlefield. Later, when he was not found, he was declared missing on September 4, 1916. A year later, on April 24, 1917, a commission of inquiry declared Alfred as "killed in action." Years after the war,in 1921, Alfred's body was found, exhumed and buried with military honors. Today he rests in peace with his friends, comrades and brothers in arms at Courcelette British Cemetery, Somme. His grave bears the inscription "Far from the home of his childhood sleeping his last long sleep."
Contributor: THR (48277533)
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Far from the home of his childhood sleeping his last long sleep
Gravesite Details
Private, 52nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action. Son of George and Mary Ann Jones, of Beaconsfield, Tasmania. Native of Zeehan, Tasmania. Age 21.
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