Military service
Service number:
F/31964
Age:
31
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
South Alberta Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
29th Armd. Reconnaissance Regt.
Birth:
June 6, 1913
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 28, 1942
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 12, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VIII. E. 11.
Additional information
Son of Obediah and Margaret Francis Hamm, of Sydney, Nova Scotia; husband of Lorraine Jane Hamm, of Sydney.
Digital gallery of Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
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Photo of Gerald Francis Hamm
Trooper Gerald Hamm in 1943, visiting his Aunt in New York, prior to disembarking for England -
Photo of Gerald Francis Hamm
Trooper Hamm (rear row, third from left) Undergoing Armoured Driver/mechanic training at Camp Borden, 1942 -
Other
From the Royal Canadian Legion War Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the Royal Canadian Legion War Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Press Clipping
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Commemorative Album cover
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Commemorative poem
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Entrance
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Photo submitted by Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Until the next time we meet -
Grave marker
Great Grandson Michael Benjamin Hamm paying his respects - June 2019
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
Digital gallery of
Trooper Gerald Francis Hamm
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 327 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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