John William Huke

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

796652

Unit at enlistment:

14th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

April 28th, 1918

Cemetery:

Roclincourt Military Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - VI.C.14.

Commemorated at:

Port Dover War Memorial

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Greater London

Birth city:

London

Address at enlistment:

St. Andrews Street, Port Dover, Ontario

Next of kin address:

St. Andrews Street, Port Dover, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Farm hand

Religious denominations:

Roman Catholic

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. Instantly killed by an enemy trench mortar shell, whilst doing duty in the front line near Gavrelle.

BX May 13, 1918

Private John William Huke Officially Reported Killed in Action

Mrs. Mary Ann Huke received official word from Ottawa this morning of the death in action of her husband, Private John William Huke on April 28, 1918. Private Huke was a Brantford man who enlisted with the 133rd Norfolk Battalion, as he was employed as a mason on the building of the school in that town at the time he decided to put on khaki. He went overseas 18 months ago, had been once wounded and twice gassed previous to the date of death. Born in London, England, he came to Canada nine years ago, and during his residence in the city had been in the employ of Schultz Bros., and P.H. Secord and Sons. The late Private Huke was 29 years of age, and leaves to mourn his loss a wife, two little girls, aged seven and five, who live in Grand View, and a father and mother in London, England. Before coming to Brantford, he had lived in Port Dover.