Arthur Jones | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Montague Septimus Jones | ||
Date of birth | 12 October 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Railton, Tasmania | ||
Date of death | 7 August 1915 | (aged 23)||
Place of death | Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||
Original team(s) | Lefroy | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1914 | Fitzroy | 7 (3) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Arthur Montague Septimus Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He was killed on 7 August 1915 in Ottoman Turkey during World War I.
The son of Railton farmers Henry Jones and Martha Jones, née Wells, he was born on 12 October 1891. [1]
He played for the Lefroy Football Club in 1912 and 1913. [2] Recruited from Lefroy, [3] he played in seven matches for the Fitzroy First XVIII in 1914; the first being the (round 2) match against Richmond, on 2 May 1914, when he took the place of an injured Artie Harrison. [4] [5]
He enlisted in the First AIF on 21 October 1914, [6] and served in the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. He was killed in action on 7 August 1915 at Gallipoli. [7] [8] [9]
Arthur Jones | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Arthur Montague Septimus Jones | ||
Date of birth | 12 October 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Railton, Tasmania | ||
Date of death | 7 August 1915 | (aged 23)||
Place of death | Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey | ||
Original team(s) | Lefroy | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1914 | Fitzroy | 7 (3) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Arthur Montague Septimus Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He was killed on 7 August 1915 in Ottoman Turkey during World War I.
The son of Railton farmers Henry Jones and Martha Jones, née Wells, he was born on 12 October 1891. [1]
He played for the Lefroy Football Club in 1912 and 1913. [2] Recruited from Lefroy, [3] he played in seven matches for the Fitzroy First XVIII in 1914; the first being the (round 2) match against Richmond, on 2 May 1914, when he took the place of an injured Artie Harrison. [4] [5]
He enlisted in the First AIF on 21 October 1914, [6] and served in the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. He was killed in action on 7 August 1915 at Gallipoli. [7] [8] [9]