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Military service
Service number:
B/64095
Age:
39
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Death:
July 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XIV. A. 6.
Additional information
Son of Henry and Sarah Hawkins; husband of Mary Hawkins, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
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Photo of Harry H. Hawkins
Rifleman "Buck" Hawkins enlisted in June 1940 with the QOR of C and served for four years with the Regiment prior to D-Day. He landed on D-Day with A Company of the QOR and fought in the various Normandy battles until killed while fighting at Giberville (east of Caen) on 18 July 1944. -
Obituary
This copy of Rifleman Hawkin's obituary is from a Toronto paper. -
Obituary
This obituary of Rfn Buck Hawkins was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944. -
Grave marker
This photo of Rfn "Buck" Hawkins' gravemarker was taken by Padre Craig Cameron of the QOR of C at Beny-sur-mer Cemetery on June 6th, 2003. -
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) -
Stained Glass Window
A stained glass window at St. Albins Cathedral, Prince Albert, SK is dedicated to the members of the congregation killed during the First World War. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [window/vitrail] TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM 1914-1918 D.G. BANNERMAN F.L. BARLOW L.B. BARNARD P. CROCKFORD J. COTTAN C. HARDY H. FISHER G. FORBES J. FALCHER G. BEVERIDGE W. GRIFFIN H.T. COSTER H. HAWKINS F.N. HARMER S. ROBSON D.F. GOW H.R. HANDCOCK A.H.M. PEIRCE O. KEYWORTH T. LOFTHOUSE J. MANSFIELD M. KEMP H. TURNER E. MARSHALL S. MCDONALD A.B. MACGREGOR R. DARCY STICKLAND T.A. SCHOFIELD A.N. SMITH F.N. ROSS P. MAIR To the glory of God and in honour of the men of this church who gave their lives in the cause of freedom 1914-1918 http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2246 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Weston (Ontario) Times and Guide newspaper c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
Digital gallery of
Rifleman Harry Henry Hawkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 331 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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