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Robert John Greenaway

In memory of:

Private Robert John Greenaway

January 23, 1946

Military Service

Service Number:

B/37063

Age:

25

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information

Son of Robert and Genevieve Greenaway, of Hamilton, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 585 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HAMILTON CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Sunken garden Sec. Lot 45. South grave.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Robert J. Greenaway– Robert was one of two Greenaway Brothers who braveley served his Country. He was captured by Germans at Dieppe. He was then taken to Stalag VIII B, where he escaped three times and was captured three times. He made it home at the end of the war but passed away from spinal menigitis approximately six months later.

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    Photo of Robert J. Greenaway
    Photo of Robert J. Greenaway – Robert was one of two Greenaway Brothers who braveley served his Country. He was captured by Germans at Dieppe. He was then taken to Stalag VIII B, where he escaped three times and was captured three times. He made it home at the end of the war but passed away from spinal menigitis approximately six months later.

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