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Military service
Service number:
159597
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
21st Bn.
Birth:
March 25, 1896
Grantham, Lincoln Co.,, Ontario
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. G. 14.
Additional information
Son of John and Delilan Hawke, of St. Catharines, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private John Howard Hawke
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Mémorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall. -
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Digital gallery of
Private John Howard Hawke
Digital gallery of
Private John Howard Hawke
Digital gallery of
Private John Howard Hawke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 100 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY Somme, France
Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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