Joseph Arthur George Hoff

1924 - 1944  (19 years)

• Name	Joseph Arthur George Hoff  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Aug 1924	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Enlisted	4 Mar 1941	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Residence	4 Mar 1941	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Address: 97 York Street
  Missing	18 Jul 1944  [2]
  Fact	Army  [1, 2]
  Fact	C/30770  [1, 2]
  Fact	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada,  [1, 2]
  Fact	R.C.I.C.  [1, 2]
  Fact	Rifleman  [1, 2]
  Death	18 Jul 1944  [1, 2]
  Burial	Aft 18 Jul 1944	Calvados, France,
  	Address: BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
  	Grave Reference: XIV. A. 10. Location: This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
  		Joseph Arthur George Hoff
  Person ID	I126380	Lowertown
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Arthur Hoff,   b. 12 Jul 1882, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Feb 1945, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elda Boudreault,   b. 1893, Lowell, Massachusetts, d. 27 Sep 1971, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1924	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  		Arthur Hoff, Elda Boudreault
  Family ID	F83	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Aug 1924 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Enlisted - 4 Mar 1941 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Residence - Address: 97 York Street - 4 Mar 1941 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Son of Joseph Arthur and Marie Eva Hoff, of Ottawa, Ontario. [1] Commemorated on Page 336 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance . Request a copy

  
  

• Sources

  [S3438] Veterans Affairs Canada website "Canadian Virtual War Memorial" (Reliability: 3). The Canadian Virtual War Memorial (CVWM) Joseph Arthur George Hoff [S3437] Ancestry website "Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947 " (Reliability: 3). Joseph Arthur George Hoff [S3659] Article in The Ottawa Citizen, 23 August 1944 (Reliability: 3). [S3556] Ancestry website "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 ".