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Claude Powell  Jones

Name on Board CP Jones
Name on Service
Records
Claude Powell   Jones
Enlistment Age 26
Occupation Carpenter
Place of Birth Newport, Vic
Next of Kin George Jones
Address 38 Alma Tce, Newport, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 4/04/1916
Service No. 1938
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 20/05/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Medic A7
Unit on Embarkation 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 11/04/1917
Unit on Death 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA (previously reported missing)
Place of Wounding/
Death
Bullecourt, France (No known grave)
Cemetery or Memorial Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Additional Information Known as Clarry to his mates, Claude Jones was shot in abdomen and left where he fell.  He was initially reported missing in action.  Claude has no known grave.
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