William JAFFRAY

JAFFRAY, William

Service Number: 1872
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ringarooma, Tas., 1885
Home Town: Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie War Memorial, Derby WW1 Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

8 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 1872, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 1872, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of William Park and Ellen Fanny JAFFRAY of Derby, Tas.