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JONES, Richard Lloyd
(Service number 6/2176)

Aliases
First Rank Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 7 January 1878 Place of Birth Masterton

Enlistment Information

Date 13 February 1915 Age 37
Address at Enlistment Christchurch
Occupation Shearer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs R. Jones (mother), Victoria Street, Timaru
Religion Church of England
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 Infantry Battalion
Date 13 June 1915
Transport Maunganui, Tahiti orĀ Aparima
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egyptian and Balkans (Gallipoli)
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 4 September 1916 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Before enlisting Richard was working as a shearer for Humphries, Tauramanui.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)

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Researched and Written by

Ted Hansen, SC branch NZSG

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