Military service
Service number:
129418
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
May 25, 1889
Enlistment:
September 17, 1915
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sp. Mem. B. 4.
Memorial:
Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Additional information
Son of Daniel and Janet Hodkinson, of Newton Stewart, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private John Hodkinson
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Photo of John Patterson Hodkinson
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge, walking distance from the Canadian Memorial. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery
The Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery, located on Vimy Ridge. The cemetery is in a wooded area, walking distance from the Canadian Memorial. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private John Hodkinson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hodkinson
Digital gallery of
Private John Hodkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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Service record(s)
Digitized personnel record available through Library and Archives Canada.
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