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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Reading
• Land England
• Last residence Kingston, Canada
• Family Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Poffley, of 290, Wellington St., Kingston, Ontario; three brothers, William, George and Ross; five sisters, Phoebe, Emma, May and Dorothy.
• Profession tinsmith

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 8 Jan 1915, Kingston
• Service number 59804
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 21st Bn. Eastern Ontario Regiment
• Other data related to military career Served in the 14th Princess of Wales Own Rifles, and the 4th Hussars, Canadian Militia, and the 39th Bn

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds penetrating both shoulders in n°10 CCS
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VI - B - 2

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