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Samuel Zareikin

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Samuel Zareikin

May 28, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

J/17716

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

102 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of David and Pola Zareikin, of Los Angeles, California. Brother of , who died on October 5, 1944, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 229 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

WIERINGEN (HIPPOLYTUSHOEF) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot C. Row 13. Coll. grave 378-380.

Location:

Hippolytushoef, a village in the commune of Wieringen, is 18 kilometres east-south-east of Den Helder, and 46 kilometres north-north-east of Alkmaar. The WIERINGEN (HIPPOLYTUSHOEF) GENERAL CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of the village, about 100 metres west of the road to Oever. The graves are In the north-eastern corner.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Montreal Gazette. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Photo of SAMUEL ZAREIKIN– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Obituary– Samuel Zareiken is honoured on page 83 of the memorial book,
CANADIAN JEWS IN WORLD WAR II, Part II: Casualties,
compiled by David Rome for the Canadian Jewish Congress, Montreal, 1948.  
This extract is provided courtesy of the Canadian Jewish Congress which holds the copyright for this volume.  For additional information about these archival records, please contact:
The Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives 
1590 Ave. Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Que. H3G 1C5 (Canada)
telephone: 514-931-7531 ex. 2 
facsimile:  514-931-0548 
website:     www.cjc.ca
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Samuel Zareikin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Samuel Zareikin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • 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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