Ernest Hermon Hawthorne. (Carol Snyder.)
A letter from Ernest Hermon Hawthorne. (Carol Snyder.)

Ernest Hermon Hawthorne

Before he enlisted on October 20, 1915, he graduated from the Manitoba Agricultural College and lectured at the Saskatchewan Agricultural College.

Ernest Hermon Hawthorne served as a private in the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He was killed in action on June 2, 1916 at Sanctuary Wood.

Before he enlisted on October 20, 1915, he graduated from the Manitoba Agricultural College and lectured at the Saskatchewan Agricultural College.

 

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