Name: George Maynard Jeffery Service No: 282940 Rank: Private Service: 219th Overseas Highland Battalion, 85th Battalion Date of Birth: April 2, 1898 Place of Birth: Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: March 22, 1916 Place of Enlistment: Yarmouth, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 17 Trade: Farmer Next of Kin: Harvey Jeffery (Father), Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia Discharge Date: June 18, 1919 (Halifax) Date of Death: April 3, 1984 George was the son of Harvey Andrew Jeffery (1858-1949) and Emily Elizabeth (Earle) Jeffery (1859-1941), and the husband of Betty (Beckman) Jeffery (b. 1898). His siblings were Brenda Beatrice Jeffery (b. 1883), Ruth Hilda Jeffrey (1886-1984), Marjorie Louise Jeffery, (b. 1891) Rosslyn Webster Jeffery (1893-1993), Heber Earle Jeffery (b. 1893), Harvey Kenneth Jeffery (1896-1944), Angus Walker Jeffery (1900-1989), and Cora Jeffery (1903-1992). His brothers Heber Earle Jeffery and Harvey Kenneth Jeffery also served during WWI. Prior to active enlistment in WWI, George also served with the 29th Battery, Canadian Field Artillery in Yarmouth, NS. He sailed from Halifax, NS to England aboard the SS Olympic on October 12, 1916. During the war, he served as a guard at a wireless station, with the 1st Siege Battery, the 219th Battalion and the 85th Battalion. He served in Canada, England and France. He was discharged June 18, 1919, at Halifax, NS.

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