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Military service
Service number:
C/77098
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 20, 1919
Peterbourough, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 10, 1942
Cornwall, Ontario
Death:
July 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. E. 11.
Additional information
Son of Patrick and Mary Hobbins, of Peterborough, Ontario.
Brother of Private John Patrick Hobbins, who died during service with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, R.C.I.C.
Digital gallery of Private Michael Hobbins
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Grave Marker
A photograph (2010) of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Photo of MICHAEL HOBBINS
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Circumstances of death
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave marker
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
Digital gallery of
Private Michael Hobbins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 336 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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