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William James Jones 1896 - 1955

William James Jones of Fitzroy Australia was born in 1896 in Geelong to Emily Bonnett Jones and William Jones. He had siblings Henry Jones, Henry James Jones, Alfred William Hill Jones, Henry Francis Jones, Alice Mary Jones, Percy Jones, Cecelia Jones, Herbert Leslie Jones, Percy Jones, Leo Jones, Albert Charles Jones, Harold Robert Jones, George Walter Jones, William Harold Jones, and Henry Francis Jones. William Jones died at age 59 years old in 1955 in Fitzroy.
William James Jones
Fitzroy Australia
1896
Geelong, Australia
1955
Fitzroy, Australia
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  • 1896

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    1896
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    Geelong Australia
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  • Nationality & Locations

    Geelong, Australia
  • 1955

    Death

    1955
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Fitzroy Australia
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    William James Jones lived 12 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 59.
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In 1896, in the year that William James Jones was born, on January 28th, the first ticket for speeding - called "furious driving" - was issued. Walter Arnold of Kent England was fined 1 shilling plus costs - for going 8 mph. The speed limit was 2 mph.
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In 1904, he was just 8 years old when the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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