Llewellyn JONES

Regimental number9/48
Date of birth21 May 1891
Place of birthSt Clair, Dunedin
ReligionCongregational
OccupationClerk
AddressSt Clair, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 9"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFather, J Harrison Jones, St Clair, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years as Lieutenant, Waitaki High School Cadets; resigned; previouwly rejected for NZEF enlistment on account of 'bad foot'.
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 29 November 1915
Discharge date13 December 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914.

Attached to strength of NZ Base Depot, Alexandria, as storeman, 21 May 1915.

Employed as clerk with pay in NZ Recordc Section, General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Alexandria, 1 October 1915.

Admitted to 15th General Hospital, Alexandria, 5 November 1915; transferred to Hospital Train for Suez, 26 November 1915 (tubercular ankle).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Maheno', 29 November 1915; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service: injury), 13 December 1916.

War service: 2 years 118 days (of which 1 year 77 days was abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body
Date of death24 December 1933 Dunedin
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805