Since Saturday is ANZAC Day, I’m dedicating this week’s Newsletter Article to those who served and gave their lives in the defence of our country and freedom. In particular I’d like to draw our attention to the Honour Board, which is located at the front of the church building to the right of the pipe organ.
The Roll of Honour lists the names of the 59 from WRBC who served in WWI, including the 11 who gave their lives. Previously we have paid tribute to Joseph Raine, George Henry Scoones, Ronald Jack Paine, Percy Richard Trout and Roy Cumestree Trout who were killed as well as Sister Lilian Leitch and her brothers Charles and John who served and survived.
Today I would like to honour Llewellyn Morgan Jones.
Llewellyn was born in Brisbane on 15 July 1885, the son of William and Rachel Jones. He attended Milton State School and Petrie Terrace Boys’ School and was employed as a carter for Automatic Bakeries Ltd. He enlisted on 30 June 1915 at Enoggera and was ranked a Private – first in the 25th Infantry Battalion before being transferred to the 9th Infantry Battalion.
On 21 August 1916 Llewellyn was involved in action around the Somme, taking part in the battle to take Mouquet Farm – positioned in the vicinity of the Quarry. He died that same day from injuries, aged just 21 years and has no known grave. His name is listed on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial as well as the Ithaca Memorial.
On 21 August 2016, Lewellyn’s great nephews Rod, Warren and Greg Connelly visited Mouquet Farm and laid a wreath at the Thiepval Memorial Commemoration Service – 100 years to the day that their Great Uncle was killed.
In John 15:13 talking about the Vine and the Branches, Jesus says “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” It is good to remember those who gave their lives so that we could live in freedom. May their memory be a blessing.
LEST WE FORGET!
Darryl
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