Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Driver Llewellyn Rowland Jones. Photo courtesy of Brenda Noonan,

the granddaughter of Llew's brother, Reg Jones,

.

 

Jones L R     Driver    141    Llewellyn Rowland      2 Field Amb    19    Bushman    Single    Meth

Address:    Essendon, Shaftesbury St, 16   

Next of Kin:    Jones, S E, Mrs, mother, 16 Shaftesbury St, Essendon   

Enlisted:    18 Aug 1914       

Embarked:     A18 Wiltshire 19 Oct 1914  

Awards:  Military Medal 

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Jones R L Col Sgt 79 brother, KIA

Jones R W Cpl 80 brother

 

Date of Death: 18/09/1918  Cpl 14 Inf Bn

CWGC:  "Son of Arthur and Salome Elizabeth Jones, of 16, Shaftesbury St., Essendon, Victoria, Australia. Native of Preston, Victoria".

BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

 

 

Llew Jones, the Bushman, prior to the war.   Photo courtesy of Brenda

Noonan, the granddaughter of Llew's brother, Reg Jones,

 

 

Llewellyn Rowland Jones prior to joining the AIF.  Courtesy of the North

Essendon Methodist Church.

 

EGYPT

 

"This is Llew mounted on his charger", taken by his brother Reg near the Pyramids, circa 1914-1915. Photo courtesy of  Brenda Noonan, granddaughter of Llew's brother, Reg Jones,

 

"This is Llew mounted on his charger, which I bet could be backed to win a donkey gallop.  You will

note the sand ridge in the rear; this is the beginning of the elevated ground on which the

Pyramids are built, while beneath this sand about 1/2 mile to the rear are being carried out vast

excavations of the ancient tombs etc which are yeilding much valuable information.  The

Pyramids are a little to the left of this photo".

 

Ray and Llew mounted on a couple of "old age pensioners" at the Sphinx, circa March 1915.

Photo courtesy of Brenda Noonan, granddaughter of Llew's brother, Reg Jones.

 

The reverse of the above photo, taken by Reg Jones.

"This photo shows as you will see the Sphinx and the two pyramids which appear small because they are 1/2 mile away.  Ray & Llew are mounted on Camels at the base of the Sphinx  & I purposely had them close to the Sphinx so that you would get some idea of its size;  you will note the length of body which is now worn with age then again beneath the sand on which they ae standing extent the paws for a distance of 50 ft."

 

 

Mentioned in Correspondence:

Jones R L Col Sgt 79 Letter to mother from Heliopolis 17/3/15

Jones R W Cpl 80  letter to brother dated 10/3/1915

Jones-R-W-Cpl-80 letter to mother dated 19 May 1915

Jones R L Col Sgt 79 report in Essendon Gazette of 24 May 1917

One Thousand Days with the AIF

 

History of the 14th Battalion, AIF, by Newton Wanliss, 1929.   THE BATTALION'S SECOND RAID, AND OTHER MATTERS. 1918— June 1 to June 25 The "left party" (B Company personnel. O.C., Lieut. Harold ("Darkey") Thompson; Platoon Sgt. A S. ("Dolly") Smith, Sgt. W. H. Fletcher, M M ; Cpl. Lewis [sic] R.Jones (brother of Capt Reg Jones); Cpl. Chas Smith, and L/Cpl. S. A. ("Titch") Foster. p296   THE BATTLE OF THE HINDENBURG OUTPOST LINE. 1918— August 21 to November 11 Cpl. Lew Jones, M M. (B Company), a brother of Capt. Reg. Jones, was another N.C.O who lost his life in this battle There was not anything more pathetic in this engagement than the fate of those who, facing innumerable dangers for years, laid down their lives as the Battalion was finally entering the harbour of safety—a few hours before its last shot was  fired. p 347.

 

Corp. Llewellyn R. Jones, fourth son of the late Arthur Jones and Mrs. Salome E. Jones, of "Carnarvon," Shaftesbury street, Essendon, was killed in action on 18th September, on the eve of his departure for home with the Anzacs. He had been on active service for four years, and was 23 years old.   ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, October 10). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 28, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607324

 

The memorial window for Roland and his brother at the North Essendon

Methodist Church, now closed. See also "Faithful Unto Death".

 

Mentioned in this publication:

Lost Relations: fortunes of my family in Australia's Golden Age, by Graeme Davison, p 186. Allen and Unwin: digital format, 2015. p 187.

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

Essendon State School

North Essendon Methodist Church

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded

Regimental Register

History of the 14th Battalion, AIF, The: by Newton Wanliss, 1929, ROH, p 334

 

 

IN MEMORIAM

JONES -In loving memory of our beloved fourth  

son and brother Corporal Llewelyn Rowland Jones

(MM), killed in action near St Quentin  on September

18 1918; also our beloved third son and brother,

Sergeant Raymond Leslie Jones, killed in action,

Bullecourt, 11th April, 1917. Brothers of Captain

R W Jones, MC, MM. All Anzacs (14th Battalion)

"With Christ, which is far better"  

(Mother, sisters, brothers)

The Argus 18 September 1919

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4687360

 

JONES.-In loving memory of our beloved fourth

son and brother. Corporal Llewellyn Rowland Jones

(M.M.), killed in action near St. Quentin on the

18th September, 1918; also our beloved third

son and brother, Sergeant Raymond L. Jones,

killed in action, Bullecourt, on the 11th April,

1917, brother of Captain R. W. Jones (M.C.,

M.M.), Arthur, Dorothy. (Mother, sister, brothers,

Essendon.)

 

JONES.-In fond remembrance of my dear sons

and our beloved brothers, Corporal Llewellyn

Roland Jones, M.M., killed in action in France,

September l8, 1918; also Sergeant Raymond

 

Leslie Jones, killed in action at Bullecourt, April

11, 1917.

"Sweet memories ever cling."

-(Mother, brothers, sister.)

The Argus 18 September 1920

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4583151

 

No further years checked.