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Military service
Service number:
B/67311
Age:
31
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
October 13, 1910
Glen Williams, Ontario
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23. Column 3.
Additional information
Son of William Maud and Lillian Hood. Raised by his aunt, Mrs. Mary Everson, Brampton, Ontario. Brother of Pte Thomas Edward Hood, killed in action at Dieppe and Flight Lieutenant William John(Jack), Royal Air Force Transport Command, Arthur and Annie Evelyn. He served in Canada from 19 September 1939 to 10 October 1940, in the United Kingdom from 11 June 1940 until 18 August 1942.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45 and Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Private Samuel John Hood
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Brookwood Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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