Hulme, Arthur: Service no. 53468

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Digitized Service Record

Source: April 1916 K.I.A.

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Family Search: When Private Arthur Wellington Hulme was born on 6 July 1891, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Thomas Hulme, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Burns, was 27. He married Ruth Thompson on 28 November 1914, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 23, his occupation is listed as electrician in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 10 April 1916, in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 24, and was buried in Voormezele, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.

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“Killed in Action” Was with his Company in the front line trenches near St. Eloi on April 10, 1916. During the evening he volunteered to help one of the stretcher bearers in his duties and on the way along the ground a shell landed near them instantly killing Private Hulme.
Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson. Source CVWM
Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson. Source CVWM
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