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Military service
Service number:
65525
Age:
32
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Division:
97 Sqdn.
Birth:
November 28, 1909
Hastings, Ontario
Death:
August 25, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave.
Additional information
Son of Barton S. Hooey, and of Catherine E. Hooey, of Oakville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
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Photo of Gilbert Hooey
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Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star June 1942, Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star February 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram June 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Owen Sound Sun Times April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Grave stone in Westmalle as described, honoured every year on november 11th.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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WESTMALLE CHURCHYARD Belgium
The village of Westmalle is located east of the town of Antwerp off the E34/A13 which runs between Antwerp and Eindhoven, driving from Antwerp follow the E34 to the junction with the E313, then follow the E34 direction direction Eindhoven. Turn off at junction 20 Zoersel, at the T junction turn right on the N14 direction Zoersel, drive through the village and carry on along the N14 to the village of Oostmalle and the crossroads with the junction of the N12. Turn left onto the N12 direction Westmalle, on entering the village the town hall is on the right hand side. Turn right just past the town hall into Sint-Jozeflei, over the crossroads and the church is on the left. The grave is located immediately through the main entrance on the left.
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