Jeff Edwards and his family have lived in the Penrith for almost thirty years. He served in the Australian Army as a signalman, for over two years in the CMF (Army Reserve) and for eighteen months as a National Serviceman. During his time in National Service, he trained at Watsonia in Melbourne and served at Army Headquarters in Canberra.
Edwards has been the proprietor of a business trading under the name AustPro, which is a Commercial Agency performing the leg-work for the legal industry. He has been a licensed Commercial Agent/Private Investigator for twenty years and prior to that, was a public servant with the Sydney County Council.