Walter James Lance JEFFERIES

JEFFERIES, Walter James Lance

    Service Number: 1087
    Enlisted: 7 September 1914
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1 February 1892
    Home Town: Not yet discovered
    Schooling: Fitzroy State School No.450, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Jeweller
    Died: Landsborough, Queensland, Australia, 28 September 1969, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Witta Cemetery, Qld
    Service plaque: 1087 Corporal WJ Jefferies 6 Battalion Dearest husband of Marjorie Lilias Jefferies
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1087
    19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion
    11 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded, right knee, transferred to No.1 General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt
    16 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion
    16 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell shock
    20 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Wounded in action
    15 Dec 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, Trench Feet
    11 Jan 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, Per S.S. Port Darwin, embarked Plymouth, disembarked Melbourne 4 March, 1918
    26 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1087, 6th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit for further service, DAH [Disordered Action of the Heart]

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