Hanover War Cemetery

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Location	Harenberger Meile, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Co‑ordinates	N52.377065, E9.65516
Description	Many of the graves in Hanover War Cemetery were brought in from prisoner of war camp cemeteries, small German cemeteries and from isolated positions in the surrounding country. It includes many aircrew recovered from crashed aircraft. The cemetery contains 2,407 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 62 of them unidentified. It was designed by P.D. Hepworth. Hanover War Cemetery adjoins Hanover Military Cemetery, a substantial post war military cemetery of more than 3,000 burials. Read more...

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Service number 414305
Flight Sergeant
No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 29 Aug 1917

Service number 408948
Flight Lieutenant
No. 218 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 24 Sep 1916

Service number 401146
Flight Lieutenant
No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 28 Sep 1913

Service number 433549
Flight Sergeant
No. 463 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 31 May 1924

Service number 434660
Flight Sergeant
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 23 Dec 1922

Service number 428902
Flight Sergeant
No. 158 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 3 Mar 1924

Service number 405823
Flight Sergeant
No. 100 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 4 Sep 1922

Service number 419274
Flying Officer
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 20 Nov 1921

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