Family background
David Wallace Jones was born on 25 August 1903 at Sydney, NSW, the son of William David Jones and Louisa Frances Boysen. He lived at 30 Burnett Street, Redfern. Jones died on 11 March 1972 at Redfern, NSW, aged 68 years.
Occupation & interests
A Labor alderman, David Jones worked as a fitter and had strong links with the trade union movement. Official Labor, of which Jones was a member, was anti-Communist and socially conservative in outlook.
Local government service
David Wallace Jones was elected an alderman for Belmore Ward in 1941.
References
‘Advertising’, Sydney Morning Herald, 10 December 1941, p.6, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17778013