Profile

JONES, Albert Oswald
(Service number 6/1890)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	05/07/1889	Place of Birth	Waikau

Enlistment Information

Date	14 January 1915	Age	25
Address at Enlistment	Seaview House, Timaru
Occupation	Ironmonger
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr J.W. Jones (father), 36 Duncan Street, Spreydon, Christchurch
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	17 April 1915
Transport	Willochra, Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian, Balkans (Gallipoli), Western Europe & Germany
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	25 July 1968	Age	79
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Prior to enlisting Albert was employed by the Canterbury Farmers Association Timaru as an Ironmonger. He was discharged from the army 13 April 1919. In 1925 he married Noelene Jackman. His occupation when he died was given as "Farmer".

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); NZSG Index V5

External Links

Researched and Written by

Ted Hansen, SC branch NZSG

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Not assigned.

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