Richard Francis JONES

Regimental number7/2050
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs Richard Jones, Glenroy, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 15 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No 6), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Richard and Rebecca Jones, Glenroy, Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 8

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