Thomas Richard Jones

Forenames

Thomas Richard AWMM

Surname

Jones AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1284 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 20 Napier Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Maria Turner (sister), Warialda, New South Wales, Australia AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Dec 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 4/1284 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Ruapehu 18 December 1915 AWMM Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Sergeant AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, Tunnelling Company AWMM

Thomas Jones was the son of William and Hannah Jones, of Emmaville, Australia. Served in the South African Campaign.

Next of Kin: c/o Mrs M. Turner, Warialda, NSW (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Nov 1916 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Habarcq Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM VIII. B. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18054806
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/29695/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/29695
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News, 1917
• Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: 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: 379
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.