Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

When Thomas William Joseph Jefferson enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father Mr. T Jefferson, Toowoomba. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 40, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. A. Jefferson, Toowoomba.

It appears he also served in WW1, Corporal S.N. 1002, 9th Infantry Battalion AIF seeing action at Gallipoli where he was wounded and subsequently died in hospital at Cairo, Egypt, on 22 Jul 1915. 

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 40).