Abraham Jones

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
270558
Unit at enlistment: 
215th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
September 29th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Bourlon Wood Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - II.C.1.
Birth country: 
Wales
Birth county: 
Radnorshire
Address at enlistment: 
RR 4 Waterford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
RR 4 Waterford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Sheet metal worker
Religious denominations: 
Baptist
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
30

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. While advancing with his Company in an attack on an enemy strong point just in front of the Sunken Road within two hundred yards of the Douai-Cambrai Road he was shot in the face by a machine gun bullet and instantly killed.

BX October 26, 1918

Private Abraham Jones Reported Killed in Action

In the official list of casualties issued from Ottawa today, A. Jones of Waterford is reported killed in action.