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Private John Aylesford Hawkes

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Military service

Service number: 687312
Age: 18
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division: 47th Bn.
Birth: Whitewood, Saskatchewan
Death: October 21, 1917

Burial/memorial information

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. F. 14.
Additional information
Son of John Aylesford Hawkes and Edith Hawkes, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Enlisted in 172nd Rocky Mountain Rangers.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 253 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY Belgium

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY is located 2 Km south west of Ieper town centre, on a road called Omloopstraat, a road leading from the Dikkebusseweg. From Ieper town centre the Dikkebusseweg (N375), is reached via Elverdingsestraat, straight over a roundabout onto J. Capronstraat (for 30 metres), then left along M. Fochlaan. Immediately after the train station, the first right hand turning is the Dikkebusseweg. 1.5 Km along the Dikkebusseweg is the right hand turning onto the Frezenbergstraat. 200 metres further on the right hand side is Omloopstraat. The BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY is located immediately on the right hand side of the Omloopstraat.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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