As a schoolboy, Jeffrey was a Naval Reserve Cadet before serving as a Midshipman in the Royal Australian Navy.

An Associate of the State Conservatorium of Music, Jeffrey studied pipe organ under the tutelage of David Rumsey and Jim Forsyth at the School of Organ and Church Music of the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music. He read English at University College of
the University of New South Wales and then Latin at John XXIII College of the Australian National University before continuing his studies at Westminster House in the United Kingdom.

Former Organist at the Chapel of Our Lady of Westminster, Jeffrey founded Gough Litmus Composition Services Pty Limited in 2020 as the entity through which he publishes his
literary and musical compositions.