Rhys Puw JONES

Regimental number53028
Date of birth5 July 1894
Place of birthAshurst
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShepherd
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sophy Jones, Vane Street, Shannon, Manawatu
Previous military serviceServed in the 6th Mounted Rifles Regiment; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date2 February 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (Second Draft), F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 18 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 32), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Henry (b. Wales) and Martha S C Jones (b. Auckland), Vance Street, Shannon, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 July 1917; disembarked Liverpool, england, 16 September 1917, and marched in to 4th Reserve Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 26 October 1917.

Admitted to 4th Stationary Hospital, Etaples, 15 November 1917 (measles, mild); discharged to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 30 November 1917; transferred to Base Depot, 7 January 1918.

Joined 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, and posted to 8th Company, 26 January 1918.

Detached to Divisional Lewis Gun School, 19 May 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 7 June 1918.

Wounded in action, 17 August 1918 (gun shot wound, back, penetrating); admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 August 1918, and transferred same day to 29th Casualty Clearing Station ('dangerously ill', multiple wounds).

Died of wounds, 18 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 4
New Zealand Archives (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805