William Robert James JONES

Regimental number26854
OccupationRailway employee
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Miller, Mount Somers, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialDochy Farm New British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 17), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Annie Miller (formerly Jones), Mount Somers, Ashburton, and the late Robert Jones
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 6