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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
463243
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
July 17, 1882
Tichfield, England
Enlistment:
July 30, 1915
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Samuel and Ellen Hodkinson. Brother of Frank of Maylands, Australia and Mrs. E. Holt of Clapham Commons, England. Pte Hodkinson served under the name Pte Jack Childs, Regimental # 463243 and is commemorated on page 215.
Additional citations
Military Medal, London Gazette 30389. British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Digital gallery of Private George Samuel Hodkinson
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private George Samuel Hodkinson
Digital gallery of
Private George Samuel Hodkinson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 257 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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