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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001091b.htm person Jeffries Lewis Wibmer AACR2 9 August 1884 6 October 1971 Place of Birth Derby, England Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Physician Surgeon Military doctor Lewis Jeffries was a leading Adelaide general practitioner and decorated war-time surgeon. Serving in the Australian Imperial Force from 1914 to 1920, Jefferies worked in France, Egypt, Gallipoli and London. From 1933-1947 he was appointed Inspector General of hospitals in South Australia, which included chairmanship of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Board. Jeffries was acting medical officer for the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service until his death in 1971.

Jeffries graduated from Medicine at the University of Adelaide in 1907. He spent the next 6- 7 years working at various hospitals around the world including Kadina, South Australia; Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, United States of America; Children's Hospital, London, United Kingdom; and the Church Missionary Society Hospital, Kashmir. When war broke out in 1914 Jeffries promptly joined the Australian Imperial Force where he served for 6 years. This culminated in Jeffries being appointed lieutenant-colonel and assistant Director of medical services Australian Imperial Force Headquarters, London c1918-1920. Upon his return to Adelaide in 1920, Jeffries went back to general practice and held many prestigious positions, including Inspector General of hospitals in South Australia (1933-47). 1951 saw Jeffries return to the armed forces as camp hospital commander (1951-c1953). Jeffries once again returned to Adelaide where he died in 1971.

1900 1902 Education - Studied at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide 1903 1907 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Adelaide 1914 1915 Military service - Captain, Australian Army Medical Corps 1914 1920 Military service - First World War. Australian Imperial Force 1916 1916 Award - Distinguished Service Order (DSO) December 1916 January 1918 Military service - Major with the 12th Field Ambulance 20 December 1917 20 December 1917 Life event - Married Shirley Frances Singleton, St George's Church, Bloomsbury, London 1918? 1920? Military service - Leutenant-Colonel and Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Imperial Force Headquarters in London 1919 1919 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1920 1932 Career position - General Practitioner, in South Australia 1933 1947 Career position - Inspector General of Hospitals, South Australia and Chair of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Board 1950? 1971 Career position - Medical Officer for the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, South Australia 1951 1953? Military service - Korean War. Commander at the army camp hospital in Korea?

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 'Jeffries, Lewis Wibmer', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Jeffries, Lewis Wibmer Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Book Section: Jeffries, Lewis Wibmer (1884-1971), medical practitioner and soldier Gurner, C. M. Jeffries, Lewis Wibmer (1884-1971), medical practitioner and soldier Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 475-476 Lewis Wibmer Jeffries - Records Australian War Memorial Research Centre Lewis Wibmer Jeffries - Records L.W. Jeffries personal narrative in the A.G. Butler collection. Lewis Wibmer Jeffries - Records Private hands (Jeffries, J.S.) Lewis Wibmer Jeffries - Records 1884 - 1971 Family papers.