JEFFREY, William
| Service Numbers: | 411, 3114, 3114A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bannockburn, Stirling, Scotland, 1 March 1879 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Harlaxton & East State School, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee / Bootmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 April 1916, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-du-Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard, Laventie, France Plot: 1, Row: F, Grave No.: 38 - Laventi, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Boer War Service
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 411, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
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| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 411, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 77, notes returned to Australia aboard Columbian arriving Brisbane 15 May 1902, discharge backdated to 5 May 1902 when 5th QIB was disbanded. |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3114, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3114, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 3114A, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3114A awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-04-20 |
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Born Bannockburn, Scotland (County of Stirling), immigrated to Australia from Scotland at age 5.
Served previously - 1year 58days in the ANGLO BOER WAR, South Africa, with the 5th QIB (Queensland Imperial Bushmen - 5th Contingent).
In 1915, joined the “Dungarees” recruiting march in Toowoomba and marched 150miles to Brisbane, picking up volunteers en route, enlisting with the 25th Battalion (1 to 8 Reinforcements / 9th Battalion (Infantry) - 3rd Brigade (”C” Company)).
Saw service in Egypt with 25th Battalion and in France with 9th Battalion.
Youngest son of Robert and Mary Jeffrey of Toowoomba, Queensland.
Survived by his wife Annie and two sons, Robert and William (William born in 1916, after his death).
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