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His full name is Eli W. Hawkins.
Son of James Hawkins and Mary Margaret Coles of Change Islands, Fogo, Newfoundland. Husband of Mary Blanche Gatehouse of Change Islands. Father of Frederick J. Hawkins.
On 11 December 1917, the Sidney Smith left Twillingate, Newfoundland, bound for Gibraltar with a cargo of fish. She disappeared with her crew without a trace. Six lives were lost.
Digital gallery of Sailor Eli Hawkins
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
Digital gallery of
Sailor Eli Hawkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 34 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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