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Joseph William Jeffery fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1899-1901.

Reference:

R17320-0-5-E, MG29-E101

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101496

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Joseph William Jeffery fonds
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Fonds includes:

3 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1899-1901.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.023 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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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.

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Jeffery, Joseph William, 1867-1947

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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.

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General note:

Received in 1979 from George W. Jeffery of London, Ont.
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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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Private

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MG29-E101
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