Thomas JEFFS

Regimental number10/1537
Date of birth19 September 1880
Place of birthBrailes, Warwickshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBushman
AddressTangahau, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 7.5"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Jeffs, Brailes, Warwickshire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Matilda Jeffs, Whichford, Shipston-on-Stour, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Transferred to Wellington Infantry Regiment, Zeitoun, 9 June 1915.

Joined Bn, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, 8 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead, 8 August 1915'.

War service: 238 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third. Condition of teeth: 'Artificial'
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805