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Herbert Harry Victor Jiffkins

Commemorated at
Given name
Herbert Harry Victor
Family name
Jiffkins
Service number
418
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Pte
Service (legacy)
1st AIF
Conflicts
World War 1
Fate
KIA
Veteran Notes/Bio

 

Sydney, Harry Jiffkins of the 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, was killed at Gallipoli, and was the first soldier from Annandaie to lose his life in the war. To commemorate this fact the local Municipal Council two years later planted a tree in front of the | bouse in which the hero was born, the ceremony being akin to the unveiling of a monument." - 1918 'Memorial Trees.', Toodyay Herald (WA : 1912 - 1954), 31 August, p. 5, viewed 14 September, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148727032

Engineer Harry Jiffkins, of 43 Young Street, Annandale (AIF Project), enlisted on 10 September 1914. His wife was listed as next of Kin at 73 Leichhardt Street Glebe.

 

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