Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Gerard Albert Hergott
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Gerard Albert Hergott
March 31, 1944
Military Service
J/37214
20
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
427 Squadron
Additional Information
October 16, 1923
Waterloo, Ontario
November 20, 1942
Kitchener, Ontario
Son of Peter and Emma E. Hergott of Waterloo, Ontario.
His brothers Raymond and Wilbert also served during the Second World War. Sergeant Wilbert Nicholas Hergott died two years earlier on June 12, 1942.
Commemorated on Page 333 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HANOVER WAR CEMETERY
Germany
Plot 6, Row C, Collective Grave 8 - 14.
Hanover Military Cemetery which adjoins the HANOVER WAR CEMETERY is reached via the A2 E30 motorway from Dortmund to Berlin. At the junction with the B441 turn right onto the B441 and follow signs for Hanover, Ahlem and Seelze. After 7 km turn right onto Seelzestrasse leading towards Harrenburg. After 5 km and having entered Harenburg turn left onto Harenberger Miele. The Hanover Military Cemetery and the HANOVER WAR CEMETERY are located 3 km after leaving Harrenburg in the direction of Hanover.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Grave marker – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War Two Soldier Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram June 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of GERARD ALBERT HERGOTT – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of GERARD ALBERT HERGOTT – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Gerard's brother, Wilbert Hergott -
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Photo of Gerard Hergott – Pilot Officer Gerard Hergott's picture was included in the "Thanksgiving for Victory" memorial service in Waterloo, Ontario on Sunday, May 20, 1945. -
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Photo of Gerard Albert Hergott – Gerard Albert Hergott -
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Hergott Brothers – Hergott Brothers, Sons of Peter & Emma Hergott of Waterloo, ON, Canada (top left: Wilbert (died 1942), middle: Raymond, top right: Gerard (died 1944). -
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Document – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Biography – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Thanksgiving for Victory memorial service -
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List of casualties remembered at the memorial service -
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Gravemarker -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Gerard Albert Hergott is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Gerard Albert Hergott is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Photo of GERARD ALBERT HERGOTT – (Back Row) Florence, Gerard, Raymond, Wilbert and Marcella. (Front Row) Peter, Carl and Emma. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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