Identity
Person No.
10942
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Joseph
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
attd. 2nd/4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
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Only son of Mrs. Ida Jaffe, of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, South Africa. Son of David Jaffe, storekeeper, Addo Station, Cape Colony; born Shavli, Russia, 6 July 1888; entered the University as a student in Medicine, summer session, 1908, and graduated M. B., 1913. He returned to South Africa and set up in general medical practice at Addo Station; this however he carried on for only a short time. Jaffe was one of those who came from the other end of the world to fight for King and Country. In May 1916 he obtained a commission in the R.A.M.C. and was promoted Captain in May 1917. He was attached as Regimental Medical Officer to the Somerset Light Infantry, went abroad in May 1916 and saw service in India, Egypt and France. ***Jewish
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project