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JONES, William Frederick Sevicke
(Service number 10/2438)

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	16/06/1894	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	17 April 1915	Age	20
Address at Enlistment	Pleasant Point
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr W.B. Jones (father), Pleasant Point
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	Wellington Infantry Battalion
Date	13 June 1915
Transport	Manganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian and 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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	24 May 1969	Age	74
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Internal Affairs Notification
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Wiliam was discharged from the army 14 Jun 1916. In 1922 he married Eileen Marie Gustafson.

Sources

Cenotaph Jan 2015, Ancestry.com.au, NZSG V5

External Links

Researched and Written by

Ted Hansen, SC branmch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

Not assigned.

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