Service Details
Name:
 JONES
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ABBOTT
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 1284
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Horse
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Unit:
 2nd
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Unit 2:
 "D" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-05-31
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Date of Birth:
 1891-10-29
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Umbula
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 8 February 1917 pg. 1354 - "For meritorious service in the field in East Africa"
Additional
Information:
Son of William Robert and Charlotte Gass Jones, of Barberton. Born Rosshill, Lydenburg District. An amalgamator. On Pelgrimsrus war memorial, Mpumalanga. On Barberton War Memorial. His brother also died in service ***His record card states Albert versus Abbott
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 5. L. 4.

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