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Trevor Pritchard Jones
4171, Private, 20th Australian Infantry
Died of illness after discharge, 6 April 1919, aged 22
Buried at the Coast Hospital Cemetery, Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Not a war grave (Though wounded, he died of a non-attributable illness after discharge)
Trevor Pritchard Jones was born in Llandudno on 16 August 1896. He was the son of Hugh Jones, a gentlemen’s outfitter, and his wife Jane. The Census of Wales for 1901 records the family living at 145 Mostyn Street, Llandudno; Trevor (4) had an elder brother Harold (5) and a younger sister Nesta (1). In September 1903, Trevor was admitted to Lloyd Street School, his home address now recorded as “Vardre View”. In 1911, the family’s address was now “Bryn Llwyd”, St. Mary’s Road; Trevor (14) was recorded as still being at school and had two additional siblings: John William (12 – missing from 1901 Census), and Gwyneth (10 months).
Trevor took up employment as a sales assistant at the jewelry shop of Morris Wartski. On 21 January 1914, Trevor (17) was in the dock of Caernarvon Crown Court charged with five indictments of feloniously stealing and receiving jewelry, the property of his employer. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced the following day to 6 months imprisonment in the second degree. After his release, Trevor joined the crew of the three-masted iron sailing ship SV Neotsfield, owned by Robert Thomas and Co of Liverpool. Exactly when he sailed is unknown but the Neotsfield was recorded as signing on a crew in New South Wales in February 1915 for its next destination in Peru. Trevor signed on as a cabin boy on the Alice on 23 June 1915.
On 6 October 1915, Trevor Jones was enlisted into the 20th Australian Infantry Battalion (10th Reinforcement) at Holdsworthy, New South Wales with a service number of 4171. He gave his next of kin as his mother whose address was “Parade House”, North Parade, Llandudno. He also gave his occupation as a steward though he neglected to inform the authorities of his previous civil conviction. He sailed from Sydney on 11 March 1916 on HMAT Orsova to Egypt and embarked from Alexandria on HT Scotian on 9 May 1916, joining the 20th Battalion in France on 27 July 1916. On 4 August 1916, he was wounded in action with a gunshot wound to the head; this probably happened during the Battle of Pozières. He was evacuated to England on 18 August 1916 and spent time at Edmonton Military Hospital; No 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield Park, Middlesex and No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, Middlesex. On 19 October 1916. He was discharged on 23 November 1916 to No 2 Command Depot at Weymouth; this depot accommodated those men not expected to be fit for duty within six months. On 12 February 1917, Trevor Jones sailed from Devonport on HMAT Benalla arriving at Melbourne on 10 April 1917 and was discharged on 9 May 1917. On applying for a pension, he gave his address as 12 Mann Street, Miller’s Point, Sydney and was granted £3 per fortnight as from his date of discharge.
A victim of the influenza pandemic, Trevor Pritchard Jones died of pneumonic influenza after one day in hospital on 6 April 1919 aged 22 at the Coast Hospital (Fourth Australian Repatriation Hospital). He was buried the following day at the hospital’s cemetery. A notice in the Sydney Morning Herald records that his address was 24 Argyle Place, Miller’s Point.
Known memorials:
- Llandudno Roll of Honour
- Llandudno War Memorial
- Memorial Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno
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