Personal Profile

Gnr. Jones, David Joseph

Gunner

Date of Birth: c1892 (PENS), Gorseinon (CENS)
Occupation: Coal Miner (1921)
Enlisted - Date: 10/6/1915
Other service: 1341 & 840927, Gnr, 2/4th Sth Mid Bde
Demobilised: 25/5/1918
Awards: BWM. VIC. SWB.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born c1892, Gorseinon. Parents - Poss John & Elinor

1901 -

1911 -

Married Mary Jane Jones, poss 1912

1921 - Arosfa, Jolly Rd, Garnant, Carm (matches mil pens recd). 29y4m. Occ-Coalminer (Hewer), Gt Mountain Colliery Coy, Tumble, nr Llanelly. W wife, Mary Jane, Wm Hny (1914), Sadie (1919). Living next door to Mary Janes family.

1922 - Family Dept London, 7/11/1922 on the Hobsons Bay for Australia. David J, c/o JR Jones, Arosfa, Jolly Rd, Garnant. 30yo, Mill Man. W Mary L, William H & Sadie

1939 - DOB

1978 - Died 11/2/1978, Brisbane, Australia.

- Buried Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens and Crematorium

Address:
Arosfa Jolly Road
Garnant Carm (PENS)

Military Service

No SR or Bde Serv Number

Enl 10/6/1915. Likely Swansea.

- Based on enl date - serv no bet 1416-1431

Transferred from 3/1st Howitzers to 2/4th Sth Midland Brigade, Apr 1916 1341 & 840927 as Gnr

Likely France 21 May 1916 and at same time 2/4th Sth Mid became 308 Bde

Jan 1917, likely transferred to D/307

Disch 25/5/1918, Final rank Gbr. Mil pens GSW L Thigh. SWB

Discharged - Reason: Para 392 (XVIa)KR 2(a)(i) Wounds
Disabilities (Pens): GSW L Thigh
Final Unit: 7 Res Bde
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)(SWB)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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