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Private Robert Bruce Hawkins

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1891-11-09
Place of birth: Peterboro Ontario Canada
Next of kin: John Hawkins (father,) 11th Concession, Otonabee, Peterboro County, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address: 11th Concession, Otonabee, Peterboro County, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 195459
Highest Rank: Private (19th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 19th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Pioneer (Army). 1915-12-16 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack on Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 297193
LAC ID: 454042
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4169-S023
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hawkins; husband of Agnes Jackson (formerly Hawkins), of Bailieboro, Ontario.

He had served 2 years with the 57th Regiment, Peterboro, Ontario.

His Casualty form gives his religion as Methodist, not Presbyterian as shown on his Attestation.

Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Pioneer Army Canadian Infantry 57th Battalon Private Army Canadian Infantry 19th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-02-12