Stephen Jones and David Jones

Service number: 2048

Rank: Private

Unit: 19th and 20th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Stephen Jones was born at Manly in 1897. He was a porter. He enlisted on 13 July 1915, giving his mother as next of kin; she lived at Liverpool Road, Ashfield.

He embarked on the Runic on 9 August 1915, and served with the 19th Battalion at Gallipoli. He then served in France and Belgium. He was wounded in action in the arm on 5 August 1916. He was wounded again on 25 February 1917, in the knee. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium on 9 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Ashfield War Memorial. Five of his brothers also served – David, Norman, Paul, Reuben and Benjamin.