South Similkameen Branch 192
SOLDIERS OF THE SOUTH SIMILKAMEEN
Isaac Jones
Service No. 696134
Born: January 24, 1888 - Hawarden, Wales1
Died: May 3, 1917 - France2
Son of Edward & Hannah (Davis) Jones3
Private - 31st Bn. Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)5
Resting Place:
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Arleux-En-Gohelle, France
Born in Wales, Isaac Jones came to Canada in 19086 with his elder sister Elisabeth Kitchen and her family.
Mrs. Kitchen’s family settled in Alberta7, while Isaac came to the Similkameen Valley and in 1911 was a freight packer working on a road crew. At the time of his enlistement he was working as a prospector. Isaac enlisted in Medicine Hat, AB on February 1916 and lists Mrs. Kitchen as his next of kin.
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