Saturday 12 September 2009

Private Herbert James Hawley

Born on 19 May 1892 in Mount Eagle, Ontario - son of Will Hawley, Belleville, Ontario - brother of Marshall Hawley, Bancroft, Ontario - at the time of his conscription in 1918: single, Methodist, trade as farmer, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 2.5 inches, chest of 33 inches fully expanded, dark complexion, hazel eyes, dark brown hair.

Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, CEF, in Kingston, Ontario, on 8 January 1918 (number 3055736) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 12 or 13 September 1918 - wounded on 27 September 1918 - invalided to England on 12 October 1918.

(sources: Library and Archives Canada (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca), online attestation papers; Canadian War Museum, 19740281-001, Manu 58F 2 3, 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion and 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Nominal Roll; The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Regimental Museum, A400-0007, Master Personnel List for the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force)

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