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Military service
Service number:
400907
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)
Enlistment:
May 10, 1915
London, Ontario
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of Jesse Levi Hatch and Sarah Amelia Hatch, of London, Ontario. Husband of Ella Beatrice Hatch, of St. Thomas, Ontario. He enlisted with the B company of the 33rd Battalion.
Digital gallery of Private John Edwin Hatch
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Press clipping - September 9, 1916
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Press clipping - Killed in Action
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Press clipping - Reported missing
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Press clipping - Letters
Letter from Major Gordon, O.C. 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles and a second letter from Private Thomas H. Porter. -
Press clipping 2 - Killed in Action
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Obituary of Ella Hatch
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Family home
Picture of the Hatch family home. -
Marriage certificate
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Press clipping - Marriage announcement
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Photo of John Edwin Hatch
Killed in action on June 2, 1916 in Sanctuary Wood, in Belgium. Enlisted May 10, 1915. Photo taken in 1916 at Quebec. -
Photo 2 of John Edwin Hatch
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Photo of Ella Beatrice Hatch
Mrs. Ella Beatrice Hatch (née Jackson), wife of John Edwin Hatch. -
Photo of Neil Murray Hatch
Grandson Neil Murray Hatch. Photo taken in 1982 at Toronto. -
Monument at Bellewaarde Ridge Museum
Monument at Bellewaarde Ridge Museum. Here in May 1915 the originals of the PPCLI commanded by Major A. Hamilton Gault held firm and counted not the cost. The smaller monument on the right was dedicated to Major Gault by his wife. -
Photo 2 of Ella Beatrice Hatch
Ella Beatrice Hatch with grandson Neil Murray and granddaughter Nyla Marie. Photo c. 1937 -
Attestation Paper (front)
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Attestation Paper (back)
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Press clipping - enlistment
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Birth Certificate
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Medals and Photographs
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Inscription
Inscription on plate 32 of the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium -
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium
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Press clipping - Enlistment
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Press clipping 2 - Missing
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Commemorative Scroll
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Final report - Military record
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Press clipping 3 - Missing
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Photo 3 of John Hatch
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Telegram - June 28, 1916
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Telegram - July 3, 1916
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Telegram - July 6, 1916
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Postcard
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Postcard 2
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John Hatch and his comrades
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Letter from Buckingham Palace
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Bayham Memorial, Richmond Cemetery
Bayham Memorial at Richmond Cemetery, Ontario, was erected by the Bayham Women's Institute in 1920. -
Bayham Memorial, Richmond Cemetery
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Bayham Memorial, Richmond Cemetery
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Bayham Memorial, Richmond Cemetery
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Bayham Memorial, Richmond Cemetery
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History of battle - page 1
Extract from <i>The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles 1914-1919</i> by Captain S. G. Bennett, M.C. published by the Murray Printing Company, Toronto, 1926. -
History of battle - page 2
Extract from <i>The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles 1914-1919</i> by Captain S. G. Bennett, M.C. published by the Murray Printing Company, Toronto, 1926. -
History of battle - page 3
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Map of Sanctuary Wood
Extract from <i>The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles 1914-1919</i> by Captain S. G. Bennett, M.C. published by the Murray Printing Company, Toronto, 1926. -
Photo of Sanctuary Wood
Extract from <i>The 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles 1914-1919</i> by Captain S. G. Bennett, M.C. published by the Murray Printing Company, Toronto, 1926. -
Jackson Family Photo
Ella Beatrice (Jackson) Hatch is the third from the left in this Jackson family photo. She was born on April 26, 1890. -
Photo of Ella Beatrice Hatch
This image of Ella Beatrice Hatch (mother) was enlarged from the family photo. -
Photo of Ella Beatrice Hatch
Photo of Ella Beatrice Hatch in front of her home at 37 Woolworth Avenue, St. Thomas, Ontario. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
Digital gallery of
Private John Edwin Hatch
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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