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Military service
Service number:
R/151890
Age:
27
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class II
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
51 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
January 1, 1917
Rush Lake, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
February 16, 1942
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
January 29, 1944
Sommerfeld, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
9. Z. 14.
Additional information
Son of Samuel L. Hammett of Rush Lake, Saskatchewan and Hazel Grace (nee Haghan) of Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
Brother of Robert, Floyd, Gerald, Donald, Earl, Grace, Helen, Alma, Muriel, Marianne and Jeanette.
Additional citations
1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 1 November 1946.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. 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
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of LAWRENCE SAMUEL HAMMETT
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id card
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Document
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Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of LAWRENCE SAMUEL HAMMETT
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
Digital gallery of
Warrant Officer Class II Lawrence Samuel Hammett
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 327 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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