Arthur Henry JEFFERY

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JEFFERY, Arthur Henry

Service Number:	4069
Enlisted:	2 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Higham, Kent, England, 1900
Home Town:	Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia
Schooling:	Council School, Shood, Kent, England
Occupation:	Farm Student
Died:	Accidental (Injuries), France, 6 May 1918
Cemetery:	Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, France Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 7 A LOVING THOUGHT A SILENT TEAR KEEPS HIS MEMORY EVER DEAR
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maylands War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4069, 32nd Infantry Battalion
28 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 4069, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
28 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 4069, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Arthur Henry Jeffery was a farm hand from Maylands, Western Australia, prior to enlistment. Born in England during 1900 he was at most 18 years of age when he died. He came out to Australia when he 14 years of age. Pte Jeffery was hospitalised in October 1917 due to accidental injuries received during training and rejoined his unit in early December. He was hospitalised a week later due to illness and rejoined his unit near Corbie, France, on 29 April 1918. Jeffery was accidentally killed during a training exercise on 6 May 1918, when a Mills bomb exploded and a piece of shrapnel struck him. He was buried nearby in the Pernois British Cemetery. His older brother, 1052 Lance Corporal William Thomas Jeffery, 28th Battalion, also from Maylands WA, initially served in Gallipoli and was subsequently killed in action near Pozieres, France, on 29 July 1916.

Their parents, William and Ellen Jane Jeffery of Rochester in England, received all of Arthur’s entitlements.

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