JEFFREY, John
| Service Number: | 784 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 22 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Holbrook, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gartsherrie Academy & Allan Glens School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Station hand (sheep) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 784, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 6 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 784, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 784, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Sydney | |
| 30 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 784, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 784, 1st Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 784 awm_unit: 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Jeffrey, John, Trooper, No.784, Ist Light Horse Regt., Australian Imperial Force, only son of John Hogg Forrester Jeffrey, of 5. Albany Street, Blairhill, Coatbridge, co. Lanark, Analytical and Metallurgical Chemist, by his wife, Jeannie, daughter of John Brownlie; born Coatbridge, 22 May, 1895; educ. Gartsherrie Academy, Coatbridge, and Allan Glens school, Glasgow; on leaving school was for three years in the Engineering Works of Messrs. Murray and Paterson of Coatbridge, and then went to Australia to take up sheep-farming; joined the 1st Australian Light Horse at Sydney, N.S.W. 27 Nov 1914; left for Egypt, 6 Feb 1915; proceeded to the Dardanelles, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, on the morning of 7 Aug, following, in the heroic charge of the 1st Light Horse, from which only 13 out of 300 returned; unmarried
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