Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Walter William Robert Jones
Walter William Robert Jones
Service number: 433
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: JONES, Tpr. Walter William Robert, 433. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 9th Aug., 1916. Age 25. Son of Walter and Janet Elizabeth Jones, of Ulverstone, Tasmania. Native of Molton, Tasmania. B. 82.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Walter William Robert Jones from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 433 |
Place of birth | North Molton, Tasmania |
School | Gunns Plains State School |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Dunn's Plains, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, Walter Jones, Dunn's Plains, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | 19 August 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, AIF |
Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
Place of death or wounding | Egypt |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 82), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 4 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter and Janet JONES, Ulverstone, Tasmania. Native of Molton, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | 2nd Cousin |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Walter William Robert Jones