Sergeant Alfred Harvey Hackbart^[1]

1923 - 1944  (21 years)

• Name	Alfred Harvey Hackbart
  Prefix	Sergeant
  Born	7 Feb 1923	Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15254086
  Military	WW2
  Misfortune	killed in WW2
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-400843
  Died	20 Feb 1944  [2]
  Buried	Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Greenfield, Egham, , Surrey, England   [2]
  Person ID	I400843	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Albert Henry Hackbart,   b. 8 May 1891, Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Sep 1928, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Zinkan,   b. 8 Jul 1891, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1932, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F46543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Sergeant Alfred Harvey Hackbart

  
  

• Notes

  Alfred Hackbart Said Missing in Overseas Action Feb 23, 1944 Word was received today by his guardians, Harvey and Delilah Hackbart, 61 Gaukel Street, that Sgt. Alfred Harvey Hackbart is missing after air operations overseas on Feb. 20. Sgt. Hackbart, who was born in Wellesley Township and educated in Crosshill, was a resident of Kitchener for four or five years prior to enlisting with the R.C.A.F. on Sept. 2, 1942. He was a buffer at the Canada Skate Manufacturing Co., Ltd. He went overseas late in June of last year. _______________ SGT. ALFRED HACKBART Missing since Feb. 20, 1944, when he failed to return from an operational flight on Feb. 22, Sgt. Alfred Hackbart, 21, is to be presumed missing, believed killed, for official purposes. According to a government letter, no information has been obtained. Sgt. Hackbart, whose parents are not living, is the ward of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hackbart, 61 Gaukel St. He was born in Wellesley Township and educated in Crosshill. He came to Kitchener to live four or five years prior to enlisting with the R.C.A.F. on Sept. 2, 1942. He was posted overseas in June, 1943. He was a buffer at the Canada Skate Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in civilian life. Three brothers and three sisters survive: Carl, with the Canadian Army in England, Herbert on a farm near Bamberg, Kenneth on a farm at Heidelberg; Mrs. Frank Frieda Harrett, Roy St.; Margaret, employed at the Freeport Sanatorium and Marie at Heidelberg. Dec, 27, 1944

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Marie Olga Hackbart. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15254086.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Feb 1923 - Bamberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Greenfield, Egham, , Surrey, England  = Link to Google Earth