4/1234 - Sapper

Mansel James

JONES

Main Body - Headquarters

Timeline


1915

1915

2 November

Enlistment

Auckland Military District

Initial training

Avondale, Auckland

1915

18 December

Transfer to England

S.S. Ruapehu

1916

1916

3 February

Marched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth

1916

21 February

Admitted to hospital with pterygium

1916

16 March

From the Front

The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France

Chantecler, Sector of Arras

1916

23 March

Marched in to NZ Depot, Hornchurch

1916

12 August

Invalided

Transfer to New Zealand

S.S. Willochra

1916

30 September

Admitted to hospital

1916

5 December

Granted leave

1916

26 December

Final discharge

End of Service

Decoration

British War Medal
British War Medal

Victory Medal
Victory Medal

Sources and bibliography

  • Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau: Mansel James JONES.
  • Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Wellington, Government Printer, 1916, p. 1.

How to cite this page

Anthony BYLEDBAL, “Mansel James JONES (4/1234)”, New Zealand Tunnellers, 2024 (2009). Accessed: 10 October 2024. URL: https://www.nztunnellers.com/roll/details.php?id=428