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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
7157
Age:
29
Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
October 23, 1887
Killamarsh, Derbyshire, England
Enlistment:
October 19, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
May 3, 1917
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Hackett, of Thurnscoe East, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England; husband of Matilda Hackett, of Brantford, Ontario.
Additional citations
Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Lance Sergeant Joseph Hackett
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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) -
Biography
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lance Sergeant Joseph Hackett
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Joseph Hackett
Digital gallery of
Lance Sergeant Joseph Hackett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 249 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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