James Jones (1897 - 1917)

Born 1897 in Barberton, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

Died 12 Apr 1917 at about age 20 in France

Biography

Union Defence Force 1912 - 1957, World War I South African Army, Infantry, 3rd Regiment.

James Jones Died in Service during served in WWI.

Biography

LEST WE FORGET

James Jones is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Birth

Name: James Jones ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Event date: about 1897

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Father's Name: William Jones Son of William Robert and Charlotte Gass Jones, of Barberton, Transvaal. Born Barberton. An amalgamator. On Barberton War Memorial. His brother also died in service.

Mother's Name: Charlotte Low

Baptism

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Military Info

Force number: 10417 ^{[2] [3]}

Rank: Private ^{[2] [3]}

Surname: Jones ^{[2] [3]}

Names: J. ^{[2] [3]}

Regiment: South African Infantry ^{[2] [3]}

Unit: 3rd Regiment ^{[2] [3]}

Cemetery: France, Pas de Calais, Aubigny Communal cemetery extension. II. A. 20. ^[2]

Death

Event Date: 12 April 1917 Transvaal, South Africa^{[1] [2] [3]}

Event Place: France, Pas de Calais, Aubigny Communal cemetery extension

Cause of death: Died of wounds ^{[2] [3]}

Grave

Event Place: France, Pas de Calais, Aubigny Communal cemetery extension. II. A. 20. ^[3]

INSCRIPTION:

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch Death notice of James Jones, 12 April 1917: 7 September 2018, citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} South African War Graves Project Grave of J. Jones Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Commonwealth War Graves Commission Grave of James Jones Seen and entered Dec 2023 by Frederik Willem Johannes Britz

• His Mother's Probate Records

• "South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1958," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKK-ZZ9N : 7 September 2018), James Jones, 1917; citing Probate, Transvaal, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives (formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm.