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Military service
Service number:
445451
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (New Brunswick Regiment)
Division:
26th Bn.
Birth:
July 28, 1893
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Death:
June 16, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 26 - 28
Additional information
Son of Newton and Christy (née Campbell) Hamilton of Campbellton, New Brunswick. Pte Hamilton had 10 Brothers: Clarence Edgar (Clarey) born 13 Jan 1892-died 10 Oct 1968, who served in the Second World War. Twins born in 1894 who died in infancy, Lambert Rufus (Bert) born 18 Nov 1895-died 21 Apr,1971 also served in the First World War with the Carleton and York Regiment, Benjamin Donald (Ben) born 28 Oct 1897-died 13 Mar 1952, Henry Garfield (Harry) born 13 Oct 1899-died 3 Aug 1975 who also served in the First World War. James Brenton (Jim) born 15 Oct 1901-died 12 Mar 1973. Baby Boy who died in infancy, Sterling MacNair, born October 1904 - died 1907, Howard William, born 10 June 1906-died in the United States in 1938.
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Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private George Hamilton
Digital gallery of
Private George Hamilton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 97 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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