The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment

Lieut. Herbert Reginald St. Clair Jones

Soldiers of the First World War database entry - Lieut. H.R.St.C. Jones

Service:

• Commissioned 17 Dec 1914
• Sailed from Canada, 18 Sep 1915
• Joined 40th Battalion at Shorncliffe
• Joined 60th Battalion, Jun 1916 to 1 May 1917
• With 87th Battalion, 1 May 1917 to 16 May 1917
• Courses:
• Canadian Machine Gun School, 3 months
• Eastern Command School, Bedford, 2 months, Aug-Oct 1917
• Course at 1st Army Musketry Camp, Result of exams: Oral 332 out of 400, 61 out of 100. "A hard working student, needs more self-confidence but is capable and keen."
• Wounded 19 May 1917, with the 87th Battalion.
• Joined The R.C.R. from overseas, 4 Dec 1917
• 14 months service in the field with The R.C.R.
• Taken on strength as a reinforcement, 23 Nov 1917
• 14 days leave to England, 24 Feb 1918 to 12 Mar 1918

Jones moved to Australia in 1926 and served with the Australian Army until 1949.

Date of Birth - 6 May 1892

Married - Oct 1827 to Gwendolyn Stephen Thompson. (Four Children.)

Date of Death - 1958 at Perth, Australia.

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