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Military service
Service number:
177169
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
December 4, 1889
Chichester, England
Death:
July 22, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. D. 19.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Thomas and Louisa Hobbs, of Hamilton, Ontario.
English:
Digitized service file.
French:Dossier de service numérisé.
Digital gallery of Private Sydney Hobbs
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Press Clipping
source: Hamilton Spectator; August 2, 1918, page 1 -
Photo of Sydney Hobbs
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
In memory of the men who served with the 87th Battalion CEF. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 430 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
The village of Anzin-St Aubin is on the north-western outskirts of Arras and the ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY is on the northern side of the village.
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