Juffs, Ernest R

Full Name: Ernest Robert Juffs

Birth: ~1893

Regiment:16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry

Rank: Private,

Regimental Number: 871306,

Born: Borrowash, Derbyshire

Emigration: Departed Liverpool aboard S.S.Campania 13/03/1909. Arrived New York, 21/03/1909 (Occupation: Baker). In 1911, living Algoma East, Ontario, Canada.

Enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Residence Winnipeg.

Death: 08/08/1918. Killed in action near Aubercourt, 8th August 1918 (see Casualty Report below):

The Casualty Report report states: “KILLED IN ACTION. He took part in an attack South East of Aubercourt and was killed after leaving the ‘jumping off’ trench.”

Age at Death: 25

Buried: Hangard Communal Cemetery Extension, I, A, 13

General: Canadian Army Service records information:

Robert was born in Borrowash, Derbyshire, England, on the 6th April, 1893. He enlisted in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 28th February 1916, and, on his enlistment papers, stating his occupation as a clerk, and his next of kin as his brother, Stuart Juffs, of Udney, Ontario. He gave his place of residence as the Imperial Hotel, Winnipeg.
He was five feet eight and three quarter inches in height, had a fair complexion, grey eyes and black hair, and was a Methodist. He had an eight year old vaccination mark on his left arm, and ring worm on his left wrist.