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Robert Edwin Habkirk

In memory of:

Leading Aircraftman Robert Edwin Habkirk

December 14, 1942
Lumsden, Saskatchewan

Military Service


Service Number:

R/115747

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Citation(s):

War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal.

Additional Information


Born:

May 9, 1917
Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

July 28, 1941
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of Robert Habkirk and Annie Blommquist, of Vancouver. Husband of Adele Lavina Munn, of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

He served in the army with the Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers from 1940 to 1941, with the Prince Albert Volunteers, service number L-438048, from 1st May to 1st July 1941. He had 504 days of service with the air force.

Commemorated on Page 78 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

PRINCE ALBERT (SOUTH HILL) CEMETERY
Saskatchewan, Canada

Grave Reference:

Plot 518.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Ceremony– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Ceremony– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Ceremony– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Thanks to Ralph McLean for the headstone photo. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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