Private Robert Bruce Hawkins
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hawkins,
Robert Bruce
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
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), IV. C. 18.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 195459
Highest Rank:
Private
(19th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 19th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- 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
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CWGC ID: 297193
LAC ID:
454042
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