Bob Abbott

Home Town: Winnipeg, Manitoba Conflict: World War II Branch: Army

  • Bob Abbott in wartime.
  • An armoured car located outside of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, Germany, July 1945.
  • A photo of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, Germany in 1945.  The Reich Chancellery included both government offices and living quarters.  The Führerbunker, the air raid shelter where Adolf Hitler lived from 16 January 1945 until his death on 30 April 1945, was located in in the garden.
  • Bob and Milly Abbott with the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Dr. Lynda Haverstock, following a ceremony where Bob Abbott received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, at the Royal Canadian Legion in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, 16 November 2002.
  • A telegram Bob Abbott sent back to Regina, Saskatchewan on V-E Day, 7 May 1945.
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