Hubert Jones

Who was Hubert Jones?

Herbert Jones was a centre three quarter who played three internationals for Australia against New Zealand during the Australian tour to New Zealand in that year. He was also a member of the 23 man wallabies squad to tour the United States of America in 1912, although he did not play in the internationals against the United States team. Herbert Jones also played a total of 21 matches for the New South Wales Rugby representative side between 1911-1914. He played his early rugby for Carrington and local sides in the Newcastle area.

He was born in Carrington, Newcastle in 1888 to William Morris Jones and his wife Mary Jones of Little Young Street Carrington.He was one of six children in the family. H worked as a coal trimmer and labourer as did his brothers, on the local docks of Carrington. Herbert Jones enlisted in the AIF on 26 July 1915 at the age of 26 years and 11 months. He was posted to the 30 Battalion of the newly formed 5th Division and embarked on the troopship Beltana on 9 November 1915. Herbert Jones was killed in Action by shell fire on 4 November 1916, being the only member of the Battalion killed that day. He is buried in the AIF Burial Ground Grass Lane, Flers, plot IX row B Grave 4. As he was I married, his mother Mary was granted a pension of one pound per fortnight.