Hamilton Dawson Jukes (28 May 1895 – 8 January 1951) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the

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with the British team.

Biography

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was a member of the British ice hockey team, which won the bronze medal. After being invalidated out of the army in 1917, he settled in

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before starting work as an engineer in the oil industry in

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and Peru for 25 years. He and his family moved to Escondido, California in late 1948. Jukes died by suicide in Escondido, California in 1951. Jukes and his wife Margaret had two sons, Hamilton Dawson Jr. and John Frederick.

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1895 births 1951 suicides 1951 deaths British people of Canadian descent Canadian ice hockey players Canadian people of British descent Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic ice hockey players for Great Britain Olympic medalists in ice hockey Suicides by firearm in California {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub