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Thomas Richard Jones

1881-1916

Portrait of Thomas Richard Jones

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Corporal

Serial

4/1284

About

Born in Australia

17 November 1881
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Motor-driver

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • South African War (1899-1902)

    • 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 34

    14 November 1916

    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 75/0061968, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 2.

    Photograph

    Auckland Weekly News, 25 January 1917.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Thomas Richard Jones (1881-1916)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/432

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