Wikibooks: History of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting in Australia/Editing/Biographies

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Cape Denison; Denison; Ida; Jeffries Glacier; Jeffryes Glacier; Queensland; Thumb; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/History_of_wireless_telegraphy_and_broadcasting_in_Australia/Editing/Biographies

Redirect Jeffryes Glacier another feature with a similar name Jeffries Glacier [[100px thumb right Jeffryes during the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]]]] Sidney Jeffryes (born in Queensland in 1884) was an early Australian wireless telegraphy operator. Trained by Australasian Wireless Co. Ltd. he was initially employed on coastal shipping and established at least one record for distance transmission. But he is best known for his service as the wireless officer at [[Cape Denison]] during the second year (February 1913 − December 1913) of the [[Australasian Antarctic Expedition]] under the command of explorer [[Douglas Mawson]]. His service ended in September 1913 two months prior to the relief of the shore party when Jeffryes developed symptoms of [[url=http //mawsonshuts.antarctica.gov.au/cape denison/the people/sidney jeffryes title=Home of the Blizzard The people Sidney Jeffryes work=[[accessdate=2011 03 12 format=}} =Early life and family= Jeffryes was born in Queensland in 1884 second son of Henry Jeffryes and Helena (sometimes Ellen) Jeffryes née White. His father was a postmaster and telegraphist with the Queensland Post and Telegraph and following federation with the Postmaster General s Department. Sidney s given name is indexed as Sydney in the records of the Queensland Registrar of BMD but this may simply be a transcription error. His father Henry was a child of Henry Jeffryes and Sarah Jeffryes née Bland. After a long career with the Post Office his father passed in 1910. His mother Helena was born in Essex England ca 1853 and her father was William White. She died in 1932. There were at least seven children of the marriage Louisa Ellen. Married Thomas Maxwell Gibb in 1898. Ivy Llalah (likely Lalla) born 1875. Married Walter Henry Donely in 1894. Ida Dorothea Maud born 1879. Married Robert George Denny in 1904. Hulbert Trevannion born 1881 died 1946. Teacher Gundiah (1910s). cite news url=http //nla.gov.au/nla.news article21915911 title=MILK AND CREAM TESTING EXAMINATIONS. ...