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Francis Charles Jones

1875-1940

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Corporal

Serial

4/1436

About

Born in New Zealand

14 October 1875
Residence

Hometown

Wellington
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Wellington City Council
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Kate Jones

Army Experience

  • Thames Navals

    3 years in New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 64

    8 February 1940

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5541 72/0061669, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Francis Charles Jones (1875-1940)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/427

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