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Sergeant Joseph Edward Hockenhull

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1894-03-04
Place of birth: Carleton Place Ontario Canada
Next of kin: George Hockenhull (father,) Carleton Place, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Express Clerk
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Canadian Cemetery No. 2, 1.B.12.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 220039
Highest Rank: Sergeant (75th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Sergeant, 75th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  2. Private (Army). 1915-10-18 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Attack at Vimy Ridge

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 2954667
LAC ID: 467677
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B4402-S049
Uploader's Notes:

Son of George and Matilda Hockenhull, of Carleton Place, Ontarion. Brother of John, George Henry (Harry), Mary Ellen (Nellie), Gertrude, Edward, Bessie, Leo and Carmel.

Previous service - 10 months Guard Petawawa

CVWM gives his enlistment place as Kingston, Ontario, but his Attestation medical was in Petawawa.

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 [Private Army Canadian Infantry 80th Battalion Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 75th Battalion ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2014-07-27
Last modified: 2014-07-27