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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.


 

Surname JONES
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Victor Stanley
Regimental Number 219
RankPrivate
Unit Name 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: 'B'Coy. killed in action Sunnyside 1.1.1900.
Mitchell: Mt. Morgan QMI Jones.
Source:# 128 first from Aust. unit to die in battle.
Wilcox: care of grave.
NMCSA : biography.
URL2: Mt. Morgan Qld.
URL3: biography.
B5172: c/- Rockhampton Qld.
URL5: biography, Aust. Boer War Memorial database record.
URL9: insurance policy payout c2.1900.
URL10: In Memoriam notice.
Syd. Herald : Lieutenant ADIE, of the Queensland contingent, was severely wounded, and Privates MCLEOD, A ROSE and Victor JONES were killed at Sunnyside, 20 miles NW of Belmont.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 455 541
Field: The Forgotten War etc. page(s) 86
Mitchell: Light Horse: the Story of Australia's Mounted Troops page(s) 12
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 128
Wilcox: National Archives Search Guide - The Boer War page(s) 67
NMCSA : National Memorials Council of South Africa
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 326
Paterson: From the Front page(s) 142
Kopje: ABWSGoA journal The Kopje date(s) 9.2002
HAGSOC: HAGSOC's South African Graves website
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 13.1.1900
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 18.11.1899
West Australian: West Australian newspaper date(s) 22.2.1900
Rockh. Bull.: Rockhampton Morning Bulletin date(s) 1.1.1901
Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 4.1.1900
External Link URL1www.naa.gov.au/Publications/research_guides/guides/boerwar/pages/chapter6.htm
External Link URL2www.australiansatwar.net.au/stories/stories.asp?war=BW&id=75
External Link URL3www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/bios/jones.php
External Link URL4www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL5bwm.org.au/site/Victor_Jones.php
External Link URL6newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18537509/2518411?zoomLevel=3
External Link URL7www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/11.12.2417842.htm
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3705653
External Link URL9nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23829744
External Link URL10nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52724910


Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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