Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries VC, 2002 [manuscript] / an initiative of Newcastle Boys High School Old Boys Association Inc
- Bib ID:
- 963106
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Description:
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- [2002]
- 0.03 m. (1 v.)
- Summary:
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Bound volume, of 77 unnumbered leaves, comprising plates that commemorate the life of Captain Clarence Smith Jeffries VC, a former pupil of Newcastle High School. The volume contains facsimiles of extracts from the Australian War Memorial, portraits, newpaper articles, poetic tributes, images of the Victoria Cross, and other records pertaining to the life of Captain Jeffries.
- Biography/History:
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On 12 October 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium, with a party of men he had organized, Captain Jeffries rushed a machine-gun emplacement, capturing four machine-guns and 35 prisoners. He then led his company forward under heavy artillery barrage and machine-gun fire to the objective. Later, he again organized a successful attack on a machine-gun position, capturing two machine-guns and 30 more prisoners. He was killed during this second attack.
- Notes:
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- National Library of Australia Manuscript reference no.: MS 9701.
- Title from title leaf.
- "John L. Delman"--Cover.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 2002
- Occupation:
- Soldiers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2002
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