Thomas Talisin Jones (SN 969) was born in and enlisted at Ballarat on 7th April 1915. He was 23 years old, unmarried and worked as a tailor's cutter. He was drafted to 23rd Infantry Battalion, embarked in May on board the Euripides and served at Gallipoli from late August before being transferred to France in March 1916. During the fighting at Pozieres in early August he was reported as ‘missing' and his mother notified accordingly. It was subsequently reported that he was in hospital in England recovering from a gunshot wound to his foot. His mother’s letters to him remained unanswered, and indicate her growing anxiety about his whereabouts and health. On December 17th 1917 an enquiry finally concluded that the reports of his hospitalisation in England were not correct and he had in fact been killed in action on August 4th 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France, and on the grave of his parents Isaac and Margaret.

His elder brother Theophilus also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.