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Private JOHN AYLESFORD HAWKES

Service Number: 687312
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

47th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1917

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY

II. F. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John Aylesford Hawkes and Edith Hawkes, of 2420, Maple St., Vancouver, British Columbia. Born at Whitewood, Saskatchewan. Enlisted in 172nd Rocky Mountain Rangers.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

BELGIAN BATTERY CORNER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 573
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