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Name :: : Frederick HAWKES (1892 - 1998)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 15 Apr 1892 Notes : Redon, England
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 18 Aug 1998 Notes : Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Hillside Cemetery, Portage, Manitoba

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 6 Apr 1902 Notes : Portland, Maine, USA
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: : Mr. Percy A. Dinning., Kerwood, Ontario

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardo

NotesHAWKES Frederick Emigration - 1st Party 1902
Placement Family from Up/Downs issued 1902 July-August Issue 3 Volume 8 - Gene CS88 A1 U68, reel 3

This is taken from the Winnipeg Free Press at Frederick's death in 1998. I'm not sure how true the facts are. 1911 census Fred 18 is living with the Albert Hutcheson family in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba his birthdate given as Apr 1893 (but not there 1906). There are photo's of him and his medals of honour. His Attestation File says he is born Reden, England (I cannot locate such a place but wonder if it is Reading, Buckingham). England 1901 census have a few Frederick Hawkes listed.

Frederick Hawkes died nearly two decades ago, on Aug. 18, 1998.

He liked country music and sewing. He lived alone – never marrying — and he farmed his soldier’s land grant near Portage la Prairie. He also worked in construction and as a commissionaire.

But his was not an ordinary life.

Hawkes was born in Redon, England, on April 15, 1892, yet he never knew his parents. He came to Portage la Prairie, alone at age 10, as a British Home Child. British Home Children, who were also known as the Barnardo Boys, were destitute and orphaned and sent from England to Canada as farm labourers. At age 18, he was conscripted into the Canadian Expeditionary Force and served in France with the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles/Royal Winnipeg Rifles). In November 1918, he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He later served in the Second World War.

When Hawkes died at the Portage District General Hospital – at age 106 and 136 days — he was the longest living combat infantry soldier in Canada. He was buried in the military section of Portage’s Hillside Cemetery. There were other First World War vets who lived longer, but they did not go into combat.

His military memorabilia and papers have been donated to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regimental Museum, located at the Minto Armouries.

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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