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[FEPOW Family] [Roll of Honour] [Sumatra Railway] [B]

Sumatra Railway

 

87559

 

Sergeant

Balkema, Jakob

Born:-

14 February 1904 in Westeremden, gem.

 

Nationality:-

Dutch

 

 

Netherland Infantry

 

 

 

Captured:-

1942/03/08. Bandung

 

 

Died

Death:-

1944/11/11

 

Age:-

39

 

Cemetery:-

Camp 5, Taratakbuluh, 23KM point of Pekanbaru, Sumatra

 

Grave Number:-

2

 

 

 

Loved Ones:-

 

 

 

 

Memorial:-

Menteng Pulo, Jakarta

 

Plaque:-

XII 276

 

 

 

Notes:-

Departed for Malay POW Camp on 14 September 1944. Fell ill on 27 September 1944. Died of lung gangrene at 4:15 PM on 11 November 1944. (Burial).

 

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