Military History

Embarked Fremantle per ‘Miltiades’ A 28 for Egypt 12.2.1916.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 3rd Brigade, 11th Infantry Battalion, 14th Reinforcements Australian Imperial Force (AIF).
Jones disembarked in Egypt with the 11th Battalion 14th Reinforcements 10.3.1916. After a period of intensive training, he entrained to Alexandria and joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) for France. He embarked per ‘Transylvania’ to France, with his ‘A’ Coy on 29.3.1916. He disembarked at Marseilles 4.4.1916. Jones joined the Base Depot at Etaples 8.4.1916. He was taken on strength with his Battalion 23.6.1916. Jones was KIA France at Villers-Bretonneux between 22nd and the 25th July 1916. His body was not recovered. Jones is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.
Final Rank Private, 11th Battalion Australian Imperial Force.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals War Medals, Victory Medals.
Notes Jones was the brother of Victor  (SN 6100) who died of wounds and Harold Higgleton Jones(SN 3083) who returned invalided
Photos  Obituary in family Notices Western Mail 22.9.1916
              HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P08559.001
              Villers-Bretonneux, ruined church 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E02157
              Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph source H17454
           
Information Source
AWM P08559.001.HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E02157. Villers-Bretonneux, ruined church 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H17454. Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial;
AWM Embarkation Roll Lionel Walter Jones
AWM Roll of Honour- Lionel Walter Jones
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
Guildford War Memorial
St. Matthew’s. Honour Roll
St. Matthew’s. HR – Fallen
NAA: B2455, Jones L W
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