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Military service
Service number:
54129
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
April 12, 1889
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Mrs. Margaret T. A. Jefferies, formerly of Windsor, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Arthur Jefferies
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Circumstances of Death Registers
"Killed in Action." He was killed during the advance and capture of Courcelette. No further information as to the actual circumstances of his death are available. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
Source: Folkestone Herald. May 22, 1915. Page 8. Courtesy of Folkestone Baseball Chronicle Facebook Group (Andrew Taylor). Submitted by Eric Edwards. see https://18thbattalioncef.blog/2018/02/09/21595/
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Jefferies
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Jefferies
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Jefferies
Digital gallery of
Private Arthur Jefferies
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 109 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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