Ranks Held | Captain, Second Lieutenant |
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Birth Date | 1894-10-26 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Newcastle, Wallsend |
Death Date | 1917-10-12 |
Death Place | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Passchendaele |
Final Rank | Captain |
Service | Australian Imperial Force |
Units |
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Places | |
Conflict/Operation | First World War, 1914-1918 |
Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-18 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18 |
Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries
Description
The 9th Australian Brigade suffered bitter losses in its ill-fated attack on Passchendaele on 12 October 1917. Before he became one of the officers killed there, Clarence "Jeff" Jeffries (1894-1917) had led attacks on German machine-gun posts, capturing several guns and killing or capturing their crews.
Jeffries was just 22 and his family was well known in the Newcastle region, where he had been a mining surveyor on the state's northern coalfields. After the war his father went to Belgium and for a while personally led an ultimately successful search for his grave.
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 34th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
- London Gazette
- 18 December 1917 on page 13222 at position 1
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 18 April 1918 on page 841 at position 3
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 34th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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Roll of Honour:
- Unit
- 34th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Captain
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
Timeline
Date of birth | 26 October 1894 | |
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Date of embarkation | 02 May 1916 | |
Date of death | 12 October 1917 | |
Date of honour or award | 12 October 1917 | Awarded the Victoria Cross for action at Passchendale, Belgium whilst serving with 34 Battalion, 9 Brigade, 3 Division as a Captain. |
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