Hanover War Cemetery

Cemetery Details

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

Service number 405792
Squadron Leader
Born 2 Sep 1921

Service number 415270
Flight Lieutenant
No. 90 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 12 Apr 1916

Service number 415946
Pilot Officer
Born 23 Apr 1923

Service number 420999
Flight Sergeant
No. 158 Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 7 Oct 1918

Service number 410450
Pilot Officer
No. 102 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 17 Mar 1912

Service number 426895
Flight Lieutenant
No. 57 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 8 Dec 1922

Service number 427063
Pilot Officer
Born 24 May 1914

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