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• Rupert Charles Jones †

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Born: 1 January 1889

Died: 3 May 1918

Wounded in action on 18 April 1918 when a gas shell exploded in the cellar where he was working.  He died on 3 May 1918 from the effects of the intense gassing.

Awarded the Military Cross for his distingushed service "in action and in the line" as Adjutant of the 33rd Battalion.

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Name recorded

• Rupert Charles Jones

Service number

• Service number 800

Ranks

• Held rank of Warrant Officer Class 2
• Held rank of Second Lieutenant
• Held rank of Lieutenant

Birth record

• 1889 in Deniliquin, NSW, Australia

Death records

• Died on service
• 3 May 1918 in Rouen, Normandy, France

Address

• Maldon, 12 Glover Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Charles Benjamin Jones
• Mother - Elizabeth Walton

Organisation

• 33rd Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• Jones Rupert Charles : SERN 800 : POB Deniliquin NSW : POE Warwick Farm NSW : NOK F Jones Charles Benjamin (NAA file)
• Jones Rupert Charles : SERN 800 : POB Deniliquin NSW : POE Warwick Farm NSW : NOK F Jones Charles Benjamin (webpage)
• Find War Dead: JONES, RUPERT CHARLES (webpage)
• Roll of Honour: Rupert Charles Jones (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls: Rupert Charles Jones (webpage)
• Red Cross Wounded and Missing: Rupert Charles Jones (webpage)
• Honours and Awards: Rupert Charles Jones [Recommendation] (webpage)
• Honours and Awards: Rupert Charles Jones (webpage)
• Informal portrait of Colonel L. J. Morshead DSO, and officers of Headquarters of the 33rd Battalion in the rest area near Fauquenbergues after the Salute of Passchendaele. Left to right, ... Front row: Lt R. C. King MC, Intelligence Officer; Lt Rupert Charles Jones MC, Adjutant (died of wounds on 3 May 1918); Lieutenant Colonel L. J. Morshead DSO. (webpage)
• Group portrait of the officers of the 33rd Battalion at Meteren, France. Identified from left to right, ... Front row: Captain (Capt) William Huggett Douglas from Rockdale, Victoria; Capt Ossian Roy Cormack from Mosman, NSW; Lt Rupert Charles Jones MC from Mosman, NSW (died of wounds in France on 3 May 1918); ... (webpage)
• Rupert Charles Jones (photograph)
• Awarded the Military Cross (newspaper article)
• HONORS FOR ANZACS LATEST LISTS. (newspaper article)
• SOLDIERS' LETTERS. (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)
• OUR SOLDIER BOYS. DIED ON SERVICE. LIEUT. R. C. JONES. (newspaper article)
• DIED ON SERVICE. (newspaper article)
• GUYRA. (newspaper article)
• ADJUTANT R. C. JONES. (newspaper article)
• AT THE FRONT AND AT HOME. MILITARY NEWS OF THE WEEK. (newspaper article)
• IN MEMORIAM. On Active Service. [1919] (newspaper article)
• IN MEMORIAM. On Active Service. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• JONES R. C. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial