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Digital gallery of Private Robert John Greenaway
Digital gallery of
Private Robert John Greenaway
Robert was one of two Greenaway Brothers who braveley served his Country. He was captured by Germans at Dieppe. He was then taken to Stalag VIII B, where he escaped three times and was captured three times. He made it home at the end of the war but passed away from spinal menigitis approximately six months later.
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Robert was one of two Greenaway Brothers who braveley served his Country. He was captured by Germans at Dieppe. He was then taken to Stalag VIII B, where he escaped three times and was captured three times. He made it home at the end of the war but passed away from spinal menigitis approximately six months later.
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Page 585 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HAMILTON CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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