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Flying Officer Gilbert Campbell Hooey

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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

WESTMALLE CHURCHYARD
Grave reference: Coll. grave.
Additional information
Son of Barton S. Hooey, and of Catherine E. Hooey, of Oakville, Ontario.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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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.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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