Cpl. David Orville HAMILTON

1895 - 1918  (23 years)

• Name	David Orville HAMILTON
  Prefix	Cpl.
  Birth	9 Sep 1895	Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Attestation Papers	23 Jul 1915	Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gravestone	Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Cobden Union Cemetery Cobden, Ontario
  WWI service	30 Sep 1918	Sailly-lez-Cambrai, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France   [2]
  	#410297; Cpl 38th Bn
  Death	30 Sep 1918	Sailly, Pas de Calais, France   [3, 4]
  Burial	Ficheux, Pas de Calais, France   [5]
  	Address: Bucquoy Road Cemetery Ficheux, Pas de Calais France
  Person ID	I41961899	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel HAMILTON,   b. 8 Dec 1863, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 16 Sep 1942, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Margaret Jane LEBARRON,   b. 14 May 1874, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 20 Mar 1960, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1894	Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F3667418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Hamilton, Cpl. David Orville https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/178624?David%20Orville%20Hamilton
  		Hamilton, Cpt. David with his parents Sam & Margaret Hamilton Photograph from the collection of Betty Hamilton
  		WWI & WWII Honor Roll - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Cobden Photograph provided by Wilda Johnston
  		Cobden Memorial Hall Plaque with Names of Fallen Soldiers The Cobden Sun, Nov 13, 1919
  		WWI Memorial Plaque - Cobden Legion Photograph provided by Wayne Bennett

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		CHx-Two documents found in corner stone of destroyed Memorial Hall Newspaper Clipping from the 1958 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren, provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
  		CHx-Memorial Hall Corner Stone Laid newspaper article-The Cobden Sun, Aug 29, 1919 p. 1
  		Hamilton, Cpl. David Orville memorium The Cobden Sun, Oct 10 1919
  		Hamilton, Cpl. David Orville - Commonwealth War Graves https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/178624/DAVID%20ORVILLE%20HAMILTON/

  
  

  Headstones

  Gravestone-Hamilton, Samuel & Margaret nee LeBarron Sons: David Orval & Lawrence Block 4 - Presbyterian Cobden Union Cemetery photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016

  
  

  Histories

  Hamilton, Cpl. David Orville - WWI casualty Articles and information compiled by Fay Bennett from sources noted

  
  

• Notes

  Cobden of the Past FB Page ...WWI Casualties from Cobden Cpl. David Orval Hamilton of Cobden was a farmer at the time of enlistment, age 20 and died of gun shot wounds on 30 September 1918, age 22. He was the son of Samuel Hamilton and Margaret Jane LeBarron of Cobden, Ontario and served in the 38th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry. Attestation Papers: farmer enlisted at Barriefield Camp age 19 years 6 months 5' 4" greyish blue eyes and fair hair WWI service: wounded Mar 17, 1918 GSW L leg medals plaque & scroll to father memorial cross to mother eligible for V.M. & B.W.

  
  

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