In Memory Of

JAFFE, JOSEPH

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 1888-07-06
Rank:
 Captain
Unit 2:
 attd. 2nd/4th Bn. Somerset Light Infantry
Regiment:
 Royal Army Medical Corps
Date of Death:
 1918-08-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 IA. B. 2.
Cemetery:
 RAPERIE BRITISH CEMETERY, VILLEMONTOIRE
Localitly:
 Aisne
Country:
 France
Additional Information
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