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Ralph Edward Hawken

In memory of:

W.O.I Air Gunner Ralph Edward Hawken

November 4, 1943

Military Service


Service Number:

R/81068

Age:

30

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

148 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Son of William Franklin Hawken and Caroline Elizabeth Hawken, of Darlingford, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 169 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 3. D. 1-7.

Location:

BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY is in the Uliga Baju Sekulica, in the city's Fifth Region, and is on the edge of the New Yugoslav Cemetery (Novo Groblije).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Group Photo– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– RE Hawken, from Winnipeg Free Press, August 17, 1944, pg 08
  • Newspaper Clipping– hopefully you get all 4 items.... #1 Ralph in street clothes, #2 in his flight suit, #3 something he wrote and was published, #4 his obit.

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