Service Details
Name:
 HAWKEN
Given Name:
 JOHN ERNEST
Initials:
 J E
Service No:
 1521
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 3rd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-05-16
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Date of Birth:
 1872-08-30
Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Armentieres, shelled at 0830 by high explosive shells
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles and Elizabeth Hawken, of Polruan, Fowey, Cornwall, England. Born Polruan, Fowey, Cornwall. A blacksmith
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Comines-Warneton, Hainaut
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Cemetery:
 GUNNERS FARM MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Q. 3.

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