Neale Edwin JEFFERY

JEFFERY, Neale Edwin

Service Number: PA1949
Enlisted: 28 January 1941, Port Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Hindmarsh, 9 December 1916
Home Town: Plympton Park, City of Marion, South Australia
Schooling: Plympton School, Goodwood Central School
Occupation: Furniture Trade
Died: Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Indonesia, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 2 Service

28 Jan 1941: Involvement Able Seaman, PA1949, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
28 Jan 1941: Enlisted Port Adelaide, SA
28 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, PA1949
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Able Seaman Neale Edwin Jeffery, 25, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Jeffery, Herbert street, Plympton Park. Educated at Plympton School and Goodwood Central School, he  was in the furniture trade before entering the R.A.N. early last year. In civilian days he was a tennis and swimming enthusiast, and a member of the Birkalla Rovers Soccer Club.