Arthur Jones (footballer, born 1891) explained

Arthur Jones
Fullname:	Arthur Montague Septimus Jones
Birth Date:	12 October 1891
Birth Place:	Railton, Tasmania
Death Place:	Gallipoli, Ottoman Turkey
Originalteam:	Lefroy
Statsend:	1914
Years1:	1914
Games Goals1:	7 (3)

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.

Family

The son of Railton farmers Henry Jones and Martha Jones, née Wells, he was born on 12 October 1891.^[1]

Football

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]}

Military

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]}

See also

• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

References

• • First World War Nominal Roll: Arthur Jones (828).
• Roll of Honour: Trooper Arthur M Jones (828), Australian War Museum.
• Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Notes and References

1. http://www.tasmanianwarcasualties.com/War%20Casualties/WW1/Notes/Surnames%20J/Jones%20Arthur%20Montague.htm Jones Arthur Montague, Tasmanian War Casualties.com.
2. Football Supremacy: The State Premiership, The (Launceston) Examiner, (Monday, 23 September 1912), p. 2 and p. 3.
3. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189387855 The Football Season: Fitzroy, The Age, (Thursday, 26 March 1914), p. 14
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7231919 Richmond's New Stand, The Argus, (Monday, 4 May 1914), p. 6
5. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10388031 Football: Fitzroy v. North Hobart, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Monday, 5 October 1914), p. 3.
6. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65683286 Presentations, The Fitzroy City Press, (Saturday, 26 December 1914), p. 3
7. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64605689 The Roll of Honor, The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times, (Thursday, 2 September 1915), p. 3.
8. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/50844820 Deaths: Jones, The (Launceston) Examiner, (Saturday 13 November 1915), p. 1.
9. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4714308 In Memoriam: On Active Service: Boyd—Jones, The Argus, (Monday 21 July 1919), p. 1.