Rifleman Herbert Hubert Hugo Hilbach

Remembrance
Written By Greg Paulhus

Army

Kerrobert, Saskatchewan

Died: April 22, 1945

Rifleman (Regina Rifles) Herbert Hubert Hugo Hilbach (b.1915) of Kerrobert was KIA 19450422 at Groningen during the liberation of the Netherlands and is buried at Holten Canadian war cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. Herbert was the son of William and Wilhelmina (Salzwedel) Hilbach, a German couple who came to Saskatchewan via the United States and homesteaded SE36-35-23-W3 north of Kerrobert. Herbert was farming when he enlisted at Regina early in 1942. His younger brother Rudolph also served overseas in the Army.

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