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 408396
Warrant Officer
No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 9 Aug 1923

Service number 428902
Flight Sergeant
No. 158 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force (WW2)
Born 3 Mar 1924

Service number 413471
Flying Officer
No. 12 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 10 Dec 1919

Service number 413748
Flight Sergeant
No. 466 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 3 Aug 1922

Service number 416402
Pilot Officer
Born 4 Oct 1922

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

TURNBULL, Jack

Service number 416809
Pilot Officer
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 28 Dec 1920

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

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