JONES, Hugh Neven Owen
(Service number 49629)
Coloured parchment poster surrounded by individual photographs of servicemen. Poster has central circular insert with handwritten inscription :-
'LEST WE FORGET, Members who took part in the Great War 1914-1919'
Includes photographs of: Bro J. Gynes, Bro C.W. Carbis, Bro S.R. Dickson, P.C.R. Bro H. Head, Bro H.N. Jones, Bro L.A. Mansfield, Bro R.C. Buller, P.C.R. Bro L.S. Marshall, Bro J.B. Robson, Bro W.H. Caple, Bro W.B. Corry, P.C.R. Bro J. McLeay; also includes places (but no photographs) for: P.C.R. Bro J.H. Woods, P.C.R. Bro A.E. McMurtrie, P.C.R. Bro W. McGillivray, Bro J. McGillivray (Waimate Museum & Archives 2002-1026-03074)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 18/06/1893 | Place of Birth | Kakahu Bush |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Teamster | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J.W. Jones (mother), Kakahu School, Pleasant Point, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 25 July 1978 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | |||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Hugh married Lily Jane Woonton on 18 April 1928. The couple had a daughter, Joy Woonton Jones born 30 June 1929, before Lily died on 8 January 1941. High went on to marryhis second wife, Helen McGregor in 1951, but she also died only a year later in 1952. Hugh married a third time in 1953 to Jessie Ellen Ellis, who died in 1970.
A family history by Allan & Esme Jones "(John William Bullocky and Elizabeth Anne Jones Second Family Reunion 1863-1992" (1987) includes an account of his life as written by his daughter Joy on p245.
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (28 November 2014); SCRoll web submission by K McMillan, 2 June 2016; SCRoll submission by J Burt, 14 May 2019
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Researched and Written by
Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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