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