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Robert Stanley Hannah

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Robert Stanley Hannah

February 25, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/142418

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

August 7, 1918
Wakaw, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

December 10, 1941
Regina, Saskatchewan

Son of Robert and Katherine Hannah of Frobisher, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 167 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

Coll grave 1. C. 6-9.

Location:

Durnbach is a village 16 kilometres east of Bad Tolz, a town 48 kilometres south of Munich. Durnbach War Cemetery is 3 kilometres north of the village Gmund am Tegernsee. Using the A8 from Munich, turn off at the junction Holzkirchen, taking the 318 road in the direction of Gmund am Tegernsee. At the crossroads with the 472, turn left in the direction of Miesbach. The cemetery is situated approximately 500 metres on the left from the 318/472 crossroads.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Robert Hannah– RS Hannah taken in Frobisher SK

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    Photo of Robert Hannah
    Photo of Robert Hannah – RS Hannah taken in Frobisher SK
  • 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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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Robert Stanley Hannah is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Robert Stanley Hannah is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Robert Stanley Hannah is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Robert Stanley Hannah is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Photo from Durnbach Commonwealth war cemetery near Bad Toltz Germany.

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    Grave Marker – Photo from Durnbach Commonwealth war cemetery near Bad Toltz Germany.
  • Cemetery– Bob is buried with his crew in a common grave because of the condition of the bodies following the crash of their Lancaster. Note that the headstones are slightly lower than those single graves near them to designate a common grave. Durnbach Commonwealth Cemetery.

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    Cemetery – Bob is buried with his crew in a common grave because of the condition of the bodies following the crash of their Lancaster. Note that the headstones are slightly lower than those single graves near them to designate a common grave. Durnbach Commonwealth Cemetery.
  • Group Photo– Air Gunner course photo.

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    Group Photo – Air Gunner course photo.
  • Photo of Robert Stanley Hannah– This picture was from my father. There are a many Canadians in the World War II in my fathers house there was a kitchen for the soldiers it was in Mook near Nijmegen and Groesbeek on the border of Germany.

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    Photo of Robert Stanley Hannah
    Photo of Robert Stanley Hannah – This picture was from my father. There are a many Canadians in the World War II in my fathers house there was a kitchen for the soldiers it was in Mook near Nijmegen and Groesbeek on the border of Germany.

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