24 October 2018

Arthur Hawke: CWGC Beechwood

Private Arthur Frank Hawke of the Canadian Infantry 38th Bn. died of pulmonary tuberculous at the Mowat Memorial Hospital, Portsmouth, Ontario, on this date 100 years ago.

A grocer's clerk in civilian life, the 28 year old son of the late John Hawke, he attested in March 1915 and saw service in Bermuda, England and France.

Burial was in grave reference: Sec. 41. Lot 3. at Beechwood Cemetery.

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