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Surname JONES
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Arthur
Regimental Number 26
RankPrivate
Unit Name 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry
StateVic
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: 1Vic. Mounted Infantry Coy., died of inflammation of intestines.
Price1: died of disease at Kroonstad 24.10.1900, War Memorials Ballarat Camperdown & Canberra.
Kopje: model for Camperdown War Memorial.
B5177: butcher aged 21.
B5179: butcher from Camperdown Vic.
URL4: In Memoriam notice.
URL5: The handsome silver medal awarded to the late Private Arthur JONES for service in South Africa has been forwarded to his mother. Mrs. A JONES, by Major-General DOWNES, the general officer commanding the Victorian Military force, who also wrote to her as follows -" Herewith I have the honor to forward medal awarded to the late Private Arthur JONES for his services in connection with the South African war. The medal was brought out from England by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York, and doubtless will be treasured by you as a decoration deservedly earned by your late son in bravely doing his duty in the Empire's cause. I deeply regret be was not spared to personally receive the decoration from the hands of His Royal Highness."
URL6: 1914 In Memoriam notice.
URL7: CAMPERDOWN - Lance Corporal COOPER and Trooper JONES who recently returned from South Africa were on Wednesday evening [2.7.1901] tendered a welcome by the Camperdown Lodge IOOF of which they are members. ... The lodge has erected a memorial tablet to the late Private Arthur JONES, of the First Victorian Contingent, who was also a member. It has been decided to hold memorial service on the occasion of the unveiling.
URL8: UNVEILING THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL [at Camperdown 2.10.1902]. An Imposing and Impressive Ceremony. Stirring Addresses by Colonel HOAD and other Speakers. .... On the front of the memorial, facing the clock tower, the following words are inscribed - "Erected by the residents of Camperdown and district to the memory of the soldiers of the Empire who fell in the South African war, 1899 1902." On the opposite side, "War declared October 9th, 1899; peace declared, May 31st, 1902." The southern face bears the inscription - "Private Arthur JONES, VMR first contingent. Died on active service at Kroonstadt, October 24th, 1900. Aged, 22 year"; and the opposite side has the following - "Trooper John J LAURENCE, fifth contingent. Killed in action at Schurreberg Stock, August 23rd, 1901. Aged 20 years."
URL9: In the course of the proceedings at the banquet tendered to the Premier by the Leura Lodge of Freemasons in the Oddfellows' Hall recently, the chairman, Bro. G MORRISON, drew the attention of the visitors to the tablet in the wall erected to the memory of the late Private Arthur JONES, which he explained was in commemoration of one who had died in South Africa in the service of the Empire. He also informed Mr. PEACOCK that it was intended to erect a monument in the most prominent position in the town to the memory of district soldiers who had fallen during the war. The movement was commended by the Premier.
URL10: CAMPERDOWN.- A sum of £200 has been collected [c1.1901] for a memorial to the late Private Arthur JONES, which will take the form of a statue of a mounted infantryman.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 222 224 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 21
Kopje: ABWSGoA journal The Kopje date(s) 3.2003
B5177: National Archives of Australia series B5177
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
CamperdownC: Camperdown Chronicle newspaper date(s) 25.5.1901, 8.4, 4 & 25.10.1902 & 24.10.1914
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 6.7.1901
Melb. Age: Melbourne Age newspaper date(s) 21.1.1901
External Link URL1www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php
External Link URL2www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
External Link URL3www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/photos/memv0006.php
External Link URL4nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26569871
External Link URL5nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28678380
External Link URL6nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26128958
External Link URL7nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10559841
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26569526
External Link URL9nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4078037
External Link URL10nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196064202


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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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