Henry Richard JEFFS MM

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JEFFS, Henry Richard

Service Number:	1681
Enlisted:	18 February 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yongala South Australia, 9 March 1891
Home Town:	Orroroo, Orroroo/Carrieton, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Broken Hill, 13 December 1968, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales burial date: 16-12-1968
Memorials:	Jamestown Yatina Public School Roll of Honour, Mannanarie Roll of Honor WW1, Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1, Yatina Memorial Hall Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1681, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1681, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
18 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A60 Aeneas
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1681, 48th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

48th Battalion AIF

Military Medal

'This man displayed great coolness and courage in the attack and during the occupation of HINDENBURG LINE East of BULLECOURT on April 11th 1917. The enemy were bringing heavy fire to bear on our trenches and a volunteer was called for to remove a ranging board in front. This man volunteered and going out over the top in the face of rifle fire removed the board and returned to our lines. His work deserves special praise.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169
Date: 4 October 1917

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Biography contributed by Orroroo Area School

Henry Richard Jeffs was born in March 1891 to Mary Elizabeth Robinson and James Daniel Jeffs in Yongula, South Australia. When he was 24 with only a month remaining before he was due to turn 25, he first enlisted for the AIF in Orroroo on Febuary the 18th 1916.

After the war ended Henry Jeffs married Myrtle Brooks and had three children. His first child, Norma Clare Jeffs was born in 1925 and passed away in 1987. His second child, Murray Charles Jeffs was born three years later in 1928 sadly passed that same year. His last child, Kevin Richards Jeffs came into the world five years later, born in 1933 and was only a year old when he passed the next year.

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