A postcard addressed to Les from Chris / "Trooper Jones, C Squad 5th [Reinforcements?] Trentham Wellington", featuring an image of the Trentham Camp, dated May 1915. (South Canterbury Museum 2022/007.01)The verso message on a postcard addressed to Les from Chris / "Trooper Jones, C Squad 5th [Reinforcements?] Trentham Wellington", featuring an image of the Trentham Camp, dated May 1915. (South Canterbury Museum 2022/007.01)Bears a note on the verso reading: "Daddy in hospital in Egypt last war. Sitting up." From a collection related to the Jones family of Fairlie, and Trooper Thomas Christmas (Chris) Jones. It appears the message was written by Christmas Jones's wife Linda, as Christmas was at Zeitoun, Egypt, on August 1916 and discharged from the army in January 1917. (South Canterbury Museum 2022/007.04)
Aliases
First Rank
Last Rank
Trooper
Birth
Date
25 December 1892
Place of Birth
Fairlie
Enlistment Information
Date
13 February 1915
Age
22
Address at Enlistment
Care Mrs C.B. Jones, Ashwick Flat, Fairlie
Occupation
Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Single
Next of Kin
Mr C.B. Jones (father), Fairlie
Religion
Roman Catholic
Medical Information
Military Service
Served with
NZ Armed Forces
Served in
Army
Military District
Embarkation Information
Body on Embarkation
5th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date
13 June 1915
Transport
Maunganui, Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From
Wellington
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With
Military Awards
Campaigns
Egyptian,Balkans (Gallipoli), Mudros (Lemnos)
Service Medals
1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date
Discharge
Date
Reason
Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses
Post-war Occupations
Death
Date
1 September 1942
Age
49
Place of Death
Wanganui
Cause
Notices
Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery
Aramoho
Memorial Reference
Block E, Row 9
New Zealand Memorials
Biographical Notes
He was listed on Electoral Rolls as Thomas Christmas Jones. He was wounded at Zeitoun, Suez 9 August 1916 and discharged from army 5 January 1917. In 1918 he married Lnda Olga Wallis.
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); NZSG Index V5; Ancestry.com.au
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Ted Hansen, SC branch NZSG
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