William Richard JONES

Regimental number68535
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinBrother, Charles M Jones, Porowhita, Ashburton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 17), near Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jonathan and Jane Elizabeth Jones
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 5

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