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Joseph Frank JEFFS

Regimental number2623
Place of birthPayneham, South Australia
SchoolPublic School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationNurseryman
AddressPayneham, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Jeffs, Mardon Road, Payneham, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date4 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 21 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 October 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row J, Grave No. 26), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Alice JEFFS, Payneham, South Australia
Family/military connectionsA brother, was a machine gunner who was taken prisoner by the Germans who was released when the armistice was signed.

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