JEFFREYS, John Middleton
| Service Number: | 1044 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Avenal, Victoria, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Bundoora, Victoria, 13 July 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia COE, Grave 687 Corner Bell Street and, Elizabeth St, Preston VIC 3058 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1044, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1044, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Anita Tsamtsikas
John Middleton JEFFREYS the son of John Middleton Jeffreys and Margaret Agnes nee Broughton.
He had married Maria Winifred Lewis (1907-1912) and Mabel Waghorn (1919).
Can confirm he had 2 sons, Frederick Gwynne and Lewis William JEFFREYS
He enlisted September 1914 joining the 5th Australian Battalion.
Eight months later Was shot in the head and side whilst serving during the conflict at the Dardenelles.
Accordingto to a letter written by his son Lewis in 1967, seeking information on medals. His father had had part of his brain removed because of the injury. He also stated that his Father had spent the latter part of his life (approx. 20 years) as a resident of the Bundoora Repat Hospital.
He also stated that after his death his father had been buried by the Bundoora Hosptial at Coburg Pine Grove Cemetery at the age of 73.
He is interred with both wives and son Frederick Gwin