Military History

Embarked Melbourne per HMAT ‘Aeneus’ A 60 for England 30.11.1917.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 51st Battalion, 11th Reinforcements
Jones disembarked at Davenport and marched in to Codford for training 27.12.1917. He was admitted to Codford Base Hospital sick with mumps 1.1.1918. Jones marched in to the 13th Training Battalion at Codford after leaving hospital 15.1.1918. He proceeded overseas to France via Dover 1.4.1918. Jones marched in to Base Details at Calais with Unit 1.4.1918. He was taken on Strength with 51st Battalion 6.4.1918 and saw action at Villers-Bretonneaux. Jones was wounded in action receiving a gunshot wound to his back and shoulder 4.8.1918 at Dumart-sur-la-Luce, France( AWM4 23/68/30/ 51st Bn) . He embarked per Hospital Ship (HS) for Bristol, England as an invalid 7.8.1918 and was admitted to the General Hospital at Cheltenham 8.8.1918. Jones marched in to DS No.4 Command Depot at Hurdcott Camp 10.10.1918. He was admitted to the Military Hospital at Fovant with bronchial pneumonia 17.10.1918 and died of disease at Fovant Hospital 4.11.1918. He was buried with a Military Funeral at St George’s Parish Churchyard, Military Section, Fovant, Wiltshire, on consecrated ground 8.11.1918.
Final Rank Private, 51st Infantry Battalion. 4th Division Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
Medical Condition Deceased - Died from Disease- Bronchial Pneumonia.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes Gilbert was the son of Mr. Edward and Mrs. Mary Jones of East Guildford and later Lions Mill/Mt. Helena. His brother-in-law J.L.J Briand married his sister Clara and won a Military Medal. His other brother in law- Godley was KIA.
Photos HMAT 'Aeneus'. Photograph source State Library of NSW image a636033r
             Codford Training Camp, Salisbury Plains 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM C01288
             Australian Troops in trenches at Villers-Bretonneux May 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E04828
             Stretcher bearers of the 8th Field Ambulance in the Warfusee region August 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph source E02843P
             St George's Churchyard, Fovant, Salisbury. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC
              G.E. Jones. Image source Western Mail 22.11.1918 Family Notices p26
Information Source
AWM C01288. Codford Training Camp, Salisbury, 1917. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E04828. Australian troops in Trenches at Villers-Bretonneux May 1918. Photgrapher unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War
AWM E02843P. Stretcher bearers in the Warfusee region August 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll Gilbert Edward Jones
AWM Roll of Honour- Gilbert Edward Jones
AWM4 23/68/30 51st Infantry Battalion, August 1918
CWGC. St George's churchyard, Fovant, Salisbury. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the website of the Australian War Graves Commission
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
Guildford War Memoria
NAA: B2455, Jones G E
State Library of NSW image  a636033r. HMAT 'Aeneus'. Photograph sourced from the  Pictorial Collection of the State Library of New South Wales
Wesley Chapel Honour Roll
Western Mail



Claremont. WA.

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