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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Joseph Bunker Jeffery
Name:
Joseph Bunker Jeffery
Rank:
Corporal
Service Number:
222979
Battalion/Service:
85th Battalion
Date of Birth:
July 10, 1893
Place of Birth:
Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Enlistment:
October 28, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth Co., NS
Height: 5 Feet 6 Inches
Complexion: light
Eyes: blue
Hair:
light
Trade:
Blacksmith
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Baptist
Next of Kin:
Bell Tinkham (Sister), Springhaven, Yarmouth Co., NS
Date of Death:
October 4, 1918
Age at Death:
25
Cemetery:
St. Pol British Cemetery, St. Pol-Sur-Ternoise
Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference:
III. B. 12.
Commemorated on Page 436 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on September 18
Having trained in Canada, he embarked Canada at Halifax on October 13, 1916 and disembarked at
Liverpool, England on October 19, 1916. He proceeded overseas to France for service with the 85th
Battalion on March 11, 1917 and joined his unit in the field on March 31, 1917.
On April 12, 1917 at Vimy he was suffered a shoulder wound and was hospitalized and rejoined his
company on discharge from hospital on November 24th, 1917. He was promoted to Corporal on June 20,
1918. On September 25, 1918 Corporal Jeffery was injured when the enemy dropped a bomb through
the roof of the railway station at Arras. On September 26, he was admitted to hospital suffering from a
fractured skull and broncho-pneumonia. He died on October 4, 1918.