"Ensign George D. Hammer, USNRF, was designated Naval Aviator #2470 in 1919. He married Miss Ella Belle Brunner in Sept. 1923. Ensign Hammer and another naval aviator perished when their seaplane crashed into Lake Michigan near the Great Lakes Naval Air Station.
George and Ella had no children."
Many thanks to naval aviation researcher, Mike Weeks, for the information on Ensign Hammer.
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Naval Air Ensign Will Be Buried At Austin
Austin, Texas, Aug. 18. - The body of George Hammer, ensign of the United States Naval Air Service, killed Tuesday in an airplane accident near the Great Lakes Naval Station, Lake Michigan, is to be brought to Austin for burial. He is to be buried with simple honors when his University of Texas Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers will stand at the side of the grave with his widowed bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Brunner of this city.
Relatives have declined a military ceremony, saying the services will be simple.
- Dallas Morning News
August 19, 1926
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Besides his wife, Hammer was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hammer of Webb City, Mo.
George and Ella had no children."
Many thanks to naval aviation researcher, Mike Weeks, for the information on Ensign Hammer.
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Naval Air Ensign Will Be Buried At Austin
Austin, Texas, Aug. 18. - The body of George Hammer, ensign of the United States Naval Air Service, killed Tuesday in an airplane accident near the Great Lakes Naval Station, Lake Michigan, is to be brought to Austin for burial. He is to be buried with simple honors when his University of Texas Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers will stand at the side of the grave with his widowed bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Brunner of this city.
Relatives have declined a military ceremony, saying the services will be simple.
- Dallas Morning News
August 19, 1926
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Besides his wife, Hammer was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hammer of Webb City, Mo.
"Ensign George D. Hammer, USNRF, was designated Naval Aviator #2470 in 1919. He married Miss Ella Belle Brunner in Sept. 1923. Ensign Hammer and another naval aviator perished when their seaplane crashed into Lake Michigan near the Great Lakes Naval Air Station.
George and Ella had no children."
Many thanks to naval aviation researcher, Mike Weeks, for the information on Ensign Hammer.
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Naval Air Ensign Will Be Buried At Austin
Austin, Texas, Aug. 18. - The body of George Hammer, ensign of the United States Naval Air Service, killed Tuesday in an airplane accident near the Great Lakes Naval Station, Lake Michigan, is to be brought to Austin for burial. He is to be buried with simple honors when his University of Texas Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers will stand at the side of the grave with his widowed bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Brunner of this city.
Relatives have declined a military ceremony, saying the services will be simple.
- Dallas Morning News
August 19, 1926
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Besides his wife, Hammer was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hammer of Webb City, Mo.
George and Ella had no children."
Many thanks to naval aviation researcher, Mike Weeks, for the information on Ensign Hammer.
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Naval Air Ensign Will Be Buried At Austin
Austin, Texas, Aug. 18. - The body of George Hammer, ensign of the United States Naval Air Service, killed Tuesday in an airplane accident near the Great Lakes Naval Station, Lake Michigan, is to be brought to Austin for burial. He is to be buried with simple honors when his University of Texas Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers will stand at the side of the grave with his widowed bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Brunner of this city.
Relatives have declined a military ceremony, saying the services will be simple.
- Dallas Morning News
August 19, 1926
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Besides his wife, Hammer was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hammer of Webb City, Mo.
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