text: Jones was selected as one of a group of chemists to be sent to England to undertake research for the munitions factories. His work at the HM factory Gretna on the manufacture of nitroglycerin, led to further work on solvent recovery, including that of cordite. At the end of the war he was admitted an associate of the British Chemical Institute (BCI) for his service. He returned to Australia in 1919, resuming his work and was promoted to lecturer in 1921. He earned his DSc from the University of Sydney in 1926.