George Edward JEFFS

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Service Number:	VX26227
Enlisted:	26 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarram, Wellington - Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1919
Home Town:	Surrey Hills, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman & Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 17 November 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot FF. Row D. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "YOUR DUTY NOBLY DONE...DEARLY LOVED BY MOTHER & FATHER"
Memorials:	Albury 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion Albury's Own Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, VX26227
26 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX26227, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion

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