Richard Roland Jones

Forenames

Richard Roland AWMM

Surname

Jones AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/79 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Dec 1891 Military Personnel file

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Clevedon, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 P. Jones, Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/79 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Richard Jones was the son of Richard Roland and Sarah Ann Jones, of Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand.

Date of death may have been 27 August or 28 August 1915.

Next of Kin: Mr R. Jones, Cleveland, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

27 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey AWMM
• Memorial, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial Stone, Selwyn Chapel at Christ Church (Anglican), 40 Coles Crescent, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Clevedon First World War Memorial AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18054749
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1739273/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739273
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 378
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.