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Sergeant

Eijkel, Jacob van den

Born:-

17 November 1902 in 's-Gravenzande

 

Nationality:-

Dutch

 

 

Netherland Infantry

2nd G.B. van S.W.K.

 

 

Captured:-

1942/03/17, Padang Panjang, west coast of Sumatra

 

 

Died

Death:-

1945/03/05

 

Age:-

42

 

Cemetery:-

Camp 2, 500M east of 4KM point from Pekanbaru, Sumatra

 

Grave Number:-

43

 

 

 

Loved Ones:-

Son of Jacob and Cornelia Eykel

 

 

 

Memorial:-

Leuwigajah, Cimahi

 

Plaque:-

IV 165

 

 

 

Notes:-

Occupation Planter. Fell ill on 16 November 1944. Died of chronic enteritis at 16:30 on 5 March 1945 (JA.119 P.124). Burial.

 

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