2854 Private Albert Jones, 41, shown as J A V Jones on the First World War honour roll in St Philip’s Anglican Church Auburn, had long gone from Auburn and was a well-established farmer in the Grafton district of NSW. He enlisted at Liverpool in July 1915 and embarked on the Ballarat two months later.
Missing Gallipoli, he spent eight months in Egypt before arriving at the front in the 45th Battalion in June 1916. He was killed in action two months later during the First Battle of the Somme in northern France.
We may assume it was his parents, still living in Adderley Street, Auburn, who put the name of their son to the memorial committee of St Philip’s Anglican Church. Albert's body was never found. His name is inscribed on the Australian National Memorial at Villers Bretonneux.
Auburn Memorial men 2854 Albert Jones and 3819 Herbert Jones were not related.