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Peter Labach

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Peter Labach

February 16, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/86448

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

426 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

August 5, 1921
St. Julien, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

April 11, 1942
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Son of Wasyl and Polly Labach, of St. Julien, Saskatchewan. Teacher's Certificate, First Class.

Commemorated on Page 356 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

British Plot 1. Grave 62.

Location:

Harderwijk, on the shore of the Ijsselmeer (Zuider Zee), is 42 kilometres north-east of Utrecht and 45 kilometres north-west of Apeldoorn, just off the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The HARDERWIJK GENERAL CEMETERY is nearly 1 kilometre east of the centre of the town, south of the main Amersfoort-Zwolle road. The war graves are in the south-eastern part of the cemetery in two plots.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Peter Labach is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Peter Labach is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Peter Labach is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Peter Labach is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Photo of Peter Labach – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of PETER LABACH– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of PETER LABACH – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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