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JEFFS, Horace Edgar
| Service Number: | 3527 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1917, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Kensington, London, England, 27 July 1879 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer, Storeman, Railway Foreman (Port Augusta & Darwin) |
| Died: | Heart failure, Rose Park, South Australia, 11 September 1944, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Light Oval. Row 2S; C/E/W: E; Site No. A Section: LO, Road: 2S, Site No: 0A |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3527, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Albany embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' |
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| 9 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3527, 44th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
| 24 Jul 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3527, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Albany | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Wounded Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, GSW - left shoulder | |
| 1 Feb 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3527, 44th Infantry Battalion |
Horace Edgar (Jim) Jeffs. Personal story
Before joining the West Australian 44th Battalion, Horace was a grocer in Perth with his brother James Maxwell Jeffs. Horace also helped to build the Trans Australian Railway just before joining the army in 1917.
Horace married Rhoda Mary Radley at St. Mary's Cathedral Perth West Australia on 6th September 1919. The couple had 4 children. James, Robert, Richard & Margaret. After being discharged from the army in 1920, Horace re-joined Commonwealth Railways and was posted to Port Augusta and Darwin as a storeman/supervisor. Horace resigned from the Railways in 1938 and moved his family to Adelaide where he opened a grocers shop at 42 Hill St. Parkside.
Horace passed away at Rose Park Hospital on 11th September 1944 at aged 65 years, and is buried in the A.I.F cemetery at West Terrace Adelaide.
Paul Thomas Jeffs
(Grandson)
Submitted 4 February 2016 by paul jeffs
Biography
GREAT WAR HISTORY
6/4/1917: Joined 44th Battalion, 11th Brigade in Kalgoorlie. Trained at Blackboy Hill, West Australia. Height 5'9"
24/7/1917: Embarked Albany West Australia on H.M.A.T. PORT OF MELBOURNE.
16/9/1917: Disembarked Liverpool, England.
8/1/1918: Proceed overseas to France. Embarked Southampton.
4/7/1918: Wounded, Battle of Hamel, gunshot wound left shoulder.
21/7/1918: Transferred to England.
22/7/1918: To Military Hospital Endall St. Holborn London
28/7/1918: Dangerously ill.
3/9/1918: Pronounced out of danger.
21/9/1918: Transferred from Military Hospital Endell St. London to Harefield Australian Military Hospital, Harefield Middlesex for convalesence.
16/3/1919: Returned to Australia on Duluce Castle
1/2/1921: Honourably discharged Perth, West Australia. Medically unfit.
Horace (Jim) married Rhoda Mary Radley at St. Mary's Cathedral Perth on 6th September 1919. The couple raised 4 children. Horace (Jim) died Rose Park, Adelaide on 11th September 1944. - Submitted by Paul Thomas Jeffs (Grandson)
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