Arthur Henry Clarence JEFFS

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JEFFS, Arthur Henry Clarence

Service Number:	SX10837
Enlisted:	4 January 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Jamestown, South Australia, 6 February 1919
Home Town:	Jamestown, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 25 December 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C6, Row C, Grave 17
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jamestown Methodist Church WW2 Roll of Honour, Jamestown and District WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

4 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX10837, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
4 Jan 1941:	Involvement Private, SX10837, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
4 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Private, SX10837, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
4 Jan 1941:	Enlisted
14 May 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX10837, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
23 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX10837, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
25 Dec 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX10837, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, K.I.A.
Date unknown:	Involvement SX10837

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Medals: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence medal, War Medal, Australian 'service Medal

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