Clarence John Hawke

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772215

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

St. John's Anglican Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Haldimand

Birth city:

Hagersville, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

18 Webling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

18 Webling Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Candy maker

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX January 3, 1946

Clarence John Hawke

After two years illness, Clarence John (Dick) Hawke, fifty, husband of Mary Gertrude Judge, passed away Wednesday evening at the residence, 56 Waterloo Street. Mr. Hawke was a member of First Baptist Church, and was active in the work of the church. He was a Past Grand of Gore Lodge, I.O.O.F., and a member of Post No. 90 Canadian Legion. Mr. Hawke served overseas in the First Great War with the 125th Battalion. He had been a letter carrier for 25 years. Surviving, besides his widow are a daughter, Miss G. Fern Hawke, at home, two brothers, Norman Hawke, Detroit, Michigan, and Charles Hawke, Toronto, also three sisters, Mrs. S. Riley, Waterloo, Mrs. G.W. Spies, Montreal, and Mrs. John Willis, London, Ontario. Mr. Hawke is resting at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home, where the service will be conducted Saturday afternoon. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX January 7, 1946

Clarence J. Hawke

The funeral of Clarence John (Dick) Hawke, was conducted Saturday afternoon from Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home, to Mount Hope Cemetery, where interment took place. Rev. Wayman Roberts, Pastor of First Baptist Church, conducted the service at the Funeral Home and the gravesides. Members of Gore Lodge, I.O.F., Brant Encampment I.O.O.F., and the Canadian Legion, Post No. 90 of which Mr. Hawke was a member, attended the service. Brantford Letter Carriers with whom Mr. Hawke worked for 25 years, also attended. Members of Gore Lodge conducted a service Friday evening at the Funeral Home with Noble Grand Arthur Vickers and Chaplain E. Lockley taking part. The pallbearers were: Fred Wright, Henry Russ, John Simpson, William Fielding, George Jennings and Sharp Riley.