HAWKINS, Isaac John
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Known as:
Johnny
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
7265317
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Saturday, February 26, 1916
Died :
Thursday, July 18, 1991
Medical Section, No.4 Commando. Awarded the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star by the French Government for his gallantry during Operation Infatuate whilst attached to a French company as Medical Orderly. Post war member of the Commando Association from Poole, Dorset. Ordained to the priesthood when aged 67.
Sources
Commando Association newsletter 81.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 93 (1991).
Copy of Croix de Guerre Certificate in gallery and below.
[Images] His daughter Jean Brodie and grandsons Victor Schwarzin and Sean Bodie.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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