SAS Hawkes, Ernest Henry Albert (Ernie)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hawkes ​

• FORENAME

Ernest Henry Albert (Ernie) ​

• UNIT

Special Boat Squadron ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

850546 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

2nd October 1943 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rhodes War Cemetery,Greece 1.B.4 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 116 Battery 55 H.A.A.Regiment,Royal Artillery​

born Kent​

son of Captain Ernest Thomas and Elsie Ellen Hawkes,Gillingham,Kent​

killed on Island of Simi​

probably shot by one of his own men who accidentally discharged captured German machine gun ​

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