Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Jeffrey, David Hope

Born 1892 Sheffield Tasmania the son of William James and Janet Jeffrey (nee Hope) a carpenter he embarked Melbourne 21^st October 1916 on board “HMAT Port Melbourne” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action 4^th August 1917 in Belgium and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial

THE LATE PRIVATE JEFFREY.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffrey, of Steel St have received a letter from Pte Row Wilson concerning the death of their son Dave who was recently killed in action in France. It states that after 18 days in the firing line they were coming out when Pte. Jeffrey waited for some comrades who were behind. The Germans opened fire at that moment, and a high explosive shell fell where he was standing. Pte. Wilson states that he was a fine soldier and frightened of nothing, and conveys the deepest sympathy of comrades and Devonport boys of the Battalion to the mourning parents. Pte. Jeffrey was buried by the Pioneers in a cemetery on the main road between Neuve-Eglise and Messines. They erected a white wooden cross, hearing his regimental number, name and battalion over the grave.

The North Western Advocate 20^th October 1917

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