LEFOE, Joseph Edward
| Service Number: | 1270 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Stanley, Victoria, Australia, 14 September 1873 |
| Home Town: | Hurdle Flat, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Standerton, South Africa, Standerton, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 6 June 1901, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Standerton Garden Of Remembrance, Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Beechworth War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 1270 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1270, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles | |
| 15 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1270, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, SS Maplemore. | |
| 6 Jun 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1270, 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Died of Disease. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maurice Kissane
Joseph Edgar Lefoe served as Joseph Edward Lefoe. His family knew him as "Eddie". He was born near Beechwoth in Victoria in 1873. The son of Levi Lefoe. His father was a Canadian born pioneer of the district. Eddie was the youngest of eleven siblings. His mother remarried after his father died when he was only five.
Eddie was a labourer. He likely enlisted out of a sense of adventure and a chance to see the world. For as a labourer his travel options were limited. However he was a good horseman and a good shot. Hence the soldiers life beckoned. NSW was closer to where he was making a living than going down to Melbourne.
Eddie served in the Third NSW Mounted Rifles. He signs himself as Edward Lefoe but is know as Eddie according to his family.
However like many who answered the call, Eddie succummed not to shells but to fever. Lest We Forget.
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