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Joseph William Jeffery fonds [textual record]
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Record information Joseph William Jeffery fonds [textual record]
Date:1899-1901.Reference:R17320-0-5-E, MG29-E101Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:101496Date(s):1899-1901.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:0.023 m of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds containts diary covering period of Jeffery's service with "E" Company, 2nd Special Service Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment including the voyage to South Africa, the campaign with the battalion and the journey home, 1899-1900, 64 pages; letters concerning the voyage to South Africa, comments on Colonel W.D. Otter, other comments on army clothing and rations and accounts of Jeffery's actions in the Battles of Sunnyside and Paardeberg, 1899-1900, 41 pages; miscellaneous material, 1900-1901, 4 pages.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Jeffery, Joseph William, 1867-1947 : Printer soldier
Joseph William Jeffery was born in California of Canadian parents, and then moved with his parents to London, Ont. He learned the printing trade in London and served with the 2nd Special Service Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment in the South African War from 30 October 1899 to 5 November 1900.
Following the war he worked with the Montreal Gazette and the Regina Leader-Post before being appointed King's Printer for the Province of Alberta. In 1927 Jeffery returned to London and joined the London Life Insurance Company. He served as superintendent of the company's printing department for nearly twenty years, retiring in December, 1945. He died at London, Ont. in September 1947.Additional information:General note:Received in 1979 from George W. Jeffery of London, Ont.Subject heading:- Canada - Canadian Armed Forces - Commissariat
- South African War, 1899-1902 Canada. Army. Royal Canadian Regiment, 2nd Special Service Battalion, "E" Company, 1899-1900
- South African War, 1899-1902 - Campaigns London Ontario City Council, 1901
- South Africa - Description and travel, 1899-1900 Colonel W.D. (William Dillon) Otter, [1899-1900]
- Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Uniforms
- Canada - Canadian Armed Forces - Diaries, 1899-1900
- Sunnyside, Battle of, [1899-1900]
- Paardeberg, Battle of, [1899-1900]
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