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Military service
Age:
20
Rank:
Fireman
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. War Patrol (Liverpool, England) (140524)
Birth:
January 1, 1897
Briggis, Conception Bay, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
August 10, 1917
Gulf of Biscay
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Son of Theresa Hawcko, of Roaches Line, British Cross Roads, Newfoundland.
On 10 August 1917, the War Patrol was sailing one mile (1.5 km) west of Penmarc'h, in the Bay of Biscay, Brittany, France, when it hit a mine laid by UC-69, position 47°48'N/04°25'W. The captain and 12 crew members were killed. The 12 survivors were rescued by the French warship Taureau.
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Memorial
The tower Hill Memorial is located in London, England at Tower Hill and across from the Tower of London. This Memorial is dedicated to the 50,700 Commonwealth merchant seamen, fishing fleet workers and other on-board crew lost during the First World War. Included on this list are the 480 Canadians that gave their lives in the cause of the Great War. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Tower Hill Memorial. The 480 fallen Canadians lost at sea, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Fireman Leo Hawcko
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Fireman Leo Hawcko
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 33 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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