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Private JOHN ERNEST HAWKEN

Service Number: 1521
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

3rd Regt.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1916

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUNNERS FARM MILITARY CEMETERY

Q. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Elizabeth Hawken, of Polruan, Fowey, Cornwall, England.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE OUT OF PURE LOVE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

GUNNERS FARM MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 179
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