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JONES, Arthur George
(Service number 39537)

Aliases
First Rank	Captain	Last Rank

Birth

Date	31/12/1888	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Lower Hutt
Occupation	Dental surgeon
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs A. G. JONES (wife), Huia Street, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Dental Corps
Date	26 July 1917
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

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Death

Date	4 November 1980	Age	91 years
Place of Death	Cape Town, South Africa
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Biographical Notes

Arthur George Jones was the sixth son of Thomas Raymond Jones, of Newport, Wales, and his second wife, Margaret née Waugh, of Falkirk, Scotland. arthur married Sophia Georgina McLennan in 1916. His brother Frederick Wallace enlisted for service and his cousin, Percy Raymond Jones, was killed in action in 1917.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 September 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 September 2017]

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