Source: During news clipping search for another soldier with the same last name.
Family Search: When Private George William Hambleton was born on 26 December 1897, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Hambleton, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Ann Hambleton, was 25. He married Eunice Wood on 23 March 1918, in Paris, South Dumfries Township, Brant, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Paris, South Dumfries Township, Brant, Ontario, Canada in 1922. In 1960, at the age of 62, his occupation is listed as postal carrier, canada post in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 29 November 1960, in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 62, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Obit
George W. Hambleton
George W. Hambleton, 62, of 51 Weber St. East, died Tuesday at K-W Hospital after a lengthy illness.
A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Hambleton, he was born Dec. 26, 1897, in England. He lived in Kitchener the past 36 years and was a Kitchener post office letter carrier. He retired this May due to illness.
He was a member of the Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church, a veteran of the First World War and a member of the Twin City Lodge AF and AM.
He was predeceased by his first wife, the former Eunice Woods, in 1941 and one brother.
He is survived by his wife, the former Irene M. Wendt, whom he married in 1945; one daughter, Mrs. J. A. (Lillian) Johnson of Kitchener; three sisters, Mrs. Charles Bennett of Kitchener and Mrs. Clyde Bowman and Mrs. Archie Fraser, both of Brantford.
The body is at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home where the funeral will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. by Rev. F. M. Faist and Rev. G. F. Barthel. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery.
Waterloo Region Record
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