Son of Charles J and Elizabeth Jones; husband of Daphne Olive Jones, of Ladysmith. Four times Mayor of Ladysmith. Otto Jones and his wife Daphne ran the Crown Hotel in Ladysmith for 25 years. He served a four year term as Mayor of Ladysmith. During the 1930's he hosted a grand Caledonian Ball on the occasion when the Prince of Wales visited the town.
MC LG Sup 7 March 1918 with Dorsetshie Regiment WW1 - "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. By his steadiness under fire and energetic handling of his men he got his guns forward in a position where he was able to fire on and silence a machine-gun. When his N.C.O. was killed he himself fired the mortar under heavy fire from machine-guns and snipers, and when all the T.M. ammunition was expended by example and organisation, he got his men to use their rifles to assist in keeping down the snipers who were holding up the infantry. He showed great coolness throughout, continually returning under fire to help forward those of his men who could not get on owing to the bad ground and their heavy gun loads" ED SA Gazette 2 March 1945