Arthur Jones (footballer, born 1891)
# Arthur Jones (footballer, born 1891)

Arthur Montague Septimus Jones was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League. He was killed on 7 August 1915 in Ottoman Turkey during World War I.

## Family

The son of Railton farmers Henry Jones and Martha Jones, née Wells, he was born on 12 October 1891.

## Football

He played for the Lefroy Football Club in 1912 and 1913. Recruited from Lefroy, he played in seven matches for the Fitzroy First XVIII in 1914; the first being the (round 2) match against Richmond, on 2 May 1914, when he took the place of an injured Artie Harrison.

## Military

He enlisted in the First AIF on 21 October 1914, and served in the 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment. He was killed in action on 7 August 1915 at Gallipoli.

