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Baptized John Childs David Jones. Son of John Childs Jones and Marianne Denovan, of Amherst, Nova Scotia. He signed " David Jones " when he enlisted and six months later, " Charles David Jones " on his will.
Enlisted in the 150th Battalion of the Carabiniers Mont-Royal of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on September 23, 1916, and arrived in Liverpool, England, on October 6. Transferred to the 22nd Battalion on February 22, 1918, he crossed over to France, where he landed on the 23rd. On the 27th, he went to the front lines. He was killed in action on June 16, 1918, at Agny in the trenches southeast of Arras, Pas-de-Calais, while his battalion was providing brigade support southeast of Agny and was in the process of being relieved by the 28th Battalion.
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Circonstances de décès
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Coupure de presse
From the Halifax Evening Mail June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private David Jones
Digital gallery of
Private David Jones
Digital gallery of
Private David Jones
Digital gallery of
Private David Jones
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 438 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.
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