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Military service
Service number:
C/38283
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Saskatchewan Regiment, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 26, 1921
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
September 23, 1942
Kingston, Ontario
Death:
August 28, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XX. F. 6.
Additional information
Son of Albert George and Mercy Hobbs, of North Lindsay, Ontario. Brother of Private Alfred Edward Hobbs, who died on
April 22, 1945 while serving with the
Lake Superior Regiment (Motor).
Digital gallery of Private Kenneth Gordon Hobbs
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Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation:Picture Me -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Gordon Hobbs
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Gordon Hobbs
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Gordon Hobbs
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Gordon Hobbs
Digital gallery of
Private Kenneth Gordon Hobbs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 336 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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