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Military service
Service number:
H/6837
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Winnipeg Grenadiers, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
April 10, 1918
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
February 19, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
September 20, 1942
Bowen Road Hospital, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. C. 3.
Additional information
Son of Thomas Stacey and Nellie Mae Hawkes. Husband of Shirley Jane Hawkes; of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private Douglas Hawkes
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Gravemarker
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Photo of DOUGLAS HAWKES
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 80 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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