Remembering World War I Yarmouth Connections

John William Jeffery

Name: John William Jeffery Rank: Private Service Number: 478794 Service: Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force Date of Birth: December 18, 1888 Place of Birth: Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Date of Enlistment: October 31, 1915 Place of Enlistment: Halifax, Nova Scotia Address at Enlistment: Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 26 Height: 5 feet, 5 ½ inches Complexion: Fair Hair Colour: Brown Eye Colour: Blue Occupation: Lumberman Marital Status: Single Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Mrs. Tinkam (Sister), Canaan, Yarmouth Co., NS Date of Death: June 3, 1957 Age: 68 Cemetery: Highland Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia John William Jeffery was the son of George Dodge Jeffery (1855-1908) and Albina P (Wyman) Jeffery (1853- 1897), and the sister of Adelaide Jeffery (b. 1875), Martha Isabelle ‘Belle’ (Jeffery) Tinkham (1877-1937), Clement Charles Jeffery (1886-1917), Harry Trefry Jeffery (1879-1936), Georgia Albina Jeffery (b. 1881), Israel Jeffrey (b. 1885), Joseph Bunker Jeffery (1893-1918), and Hannah Jeffery (1890-1890). His mother was born in Salmon River, Digby Co., NS, and his father was born in Tusket, Yarmouth Co., NS. The family lived in Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth Co. His two brothers also served in the First World War with Canadian Expeditionary Forces. His brother Private Clement Charles Jeffery served with the 49th Regiment and was killed in action on August 25, 1917, during the assault on Hill 70 at Loos, France. His brother Corporal Joseph Bunker ‘Job’ Jeffery served with the 85th Battalion and died of wounds on October 4, 1918. John William Jeffery suffered a gun shot wound or gun shrapnel wound to the head while in France in 1916. John survived the war, was demobilised March 11, 1919, and discharged March 15, 1919. He died at the age of 68 on June 3, 1957. John is interred at the Highland Plains Cemetery in Pleasant Lake, Yarmouth Co., NS.

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