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Half brother to Major Samuel Monteith Loghrin. Link to Web Article
Summary of Service for Summary of Service Corporal Donald Montieth Jeffery, reg. no. 408212
| Date | Event | Remarks |
| February 8, 1894 | Birth | Born in Stratford, Ontario to William and |
| July 17, 1915 | Enlisted in C.E.F. | Enlisted at Niagara. The most likely refers to Niagara Camp located at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Assigned to the 37th Battalion. |
| July 24, 1915 | Anti-Typhoid Inoculation | |
| July 28, 1915 | Anti-Typhoid Inoculation | |
| August 2, 1915 | Vaccinated and Anti-Typhoid Inoculation | |
| July 9, 1916 | Completed Will | Assigns his real estate and estate to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jeffery of 141 Douglas Street, Stratford, Ontario. The will is witness by David Mackintosh and Captain Emery. Sergeant David Mackintosh was killed the same day a Corporal Jeffery. |
| August 1915 | Arrives England | Date not known. |
| August 1, 1915 | Assigns pay | Assigns $10.00 per month to his mother, Mrs. Frances Jeffery. |
| August 27, 1915 | Assigned 17th Reserve Battalion | Billeted at Shorncliffe, Kent. |
| September 1, 1915 | Transferred to 18th Battalion | This is a very interesting and rare case. The, at the time, Private Jeffery arrives in England and is assigned to the 18th Battalion with only two months of military service and training. His half-brother, Captain Samuel Montieth Loghrin, was most likely a Company or Platoon commander in the 18th Battalion. It was probably his influence that initiated the transfer of Private Jeffery to the 18th Battalion.
The 18th Battalion had been training in England at West Sandling since April 1915 and Captain Loghrin would have known that the Battalion was about to be sent to active duty in Belgium. The training of the Battalion had been moving in that direction since Augusts 1915.
Private Jeffery would normally, been more completely trained and attached to an active unit some time in the future. Such training cycles usually took two to four months after a soldier arrived in England. |
| September 1, 1915 | Moves to join Battalion at West Sandling | |
| September 14, 1915 | Embarks to France | |
| October 15, 1915 | Promoted to Lance-Corporal | Promoted in the field. This promotion appears to be rescinded, for reasons unknown. |
| November 14, 1915 | Promoted to Lance-Corporal | |
| April 10, 1916 | Wounded | Wounded, G.S.W. left arm, severe. Lance-Corporal may have been wounded the night of April 9, 1916 as there is no report of wounded soldiers on April 10, whereas there is a report of wounded soldiers on April 9. Twenty-five other ranks were wounded that day.
Transferred to No. 6 Canadian Field Ambulance and then to No. 10 Canadian Casualty Station. Then to No. 23 Train from which he then was transferred to No. 5 British Red Cross Hospital, Wimereux. |
| April 15, 1916 | Transferred to convalesce | Transferred to No. 5 Convalescent Depot. |
| May 16, 1916 | Classified “A” | Transferred to Canadian Base Depot in preparation for return for service. |
| May 20, 1916 | Proceeded to rejoin unit | |
| May 22, 1916 | Rejoined 18th Battalion | |
| June 22, 1916 | Promoted Corporal | Promoted Corporal as D. Mackintosh, reg. no. 53834, is promoted Sergeant. |
| September 15, 1916 | Killed in Action | Killed in action on the second day of the Canadian Corps involvement at the Somme. Corporal Jeffery perishes this date, along with his half-brother, Captain Loghrin, Sergeant D. Mackintosh, and others of the 18th Battalion. |
War Diary of the 18th Battalion CEF 
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