One of the great joys of my career is I get to meet many people and a lot of them identify with my passion for history and either have a small idea of the contributions their family members had made in World War 1, or they have a more complete idea as they have had family who have passed down information about their family members’ service.
Today I was pleased to hear about Frederick William Hoskins. I had a name, Fred A. Hoskins (the initial may have been written down by me incorrectly), that he was a medic, and the fact the family was from Nemo, Ontario and had been attested in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Searching using the first and last name garnered no hits but doing a broader search using F* and Hoskins brought 5 hits. Reviewing the attestations I found the soldier that was recently related to me.
Below are his attestation papers. As you can see that the 4 facts offered align completely with the attestation papers. I am looking forward to doing more research on this soldier.
19392-23 Frederick William HOSKINS, 35, farmer, Hamilton, Kingsford Tp, s/o Frederick William HOSKINS & Margaret FAIT, married Eva Grace WOLSTENHOLME, 18, Cornwall Ont., Carpenter Tp, d/o John WOLSTENHOLME & Annie MATTICE, witn: Ed HOSKINS & Dorothy CURTIS both of Emo Ont on July 11, 1923 at Emo.
Apparently there is a photo of this soldier carrying a wounded soldier existing.
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