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“In this their finest hour”

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Sumatra Railway

 

1908

 

Soldier

Hofsteenge, Gerard Lucas

Born:-

6 January 1908 in Leiden

 

Nationality:-

Dutch

 

 

Netherland Infantry

1st G.B. A. & O.

 

 

Captured:-

1942/03/29, Aceh province Gunung Setan village

 

 

Died

Death:-

1945/06/19

 

Age:-

37

 

Cemetery:-

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

 

Grave Number:-

250

 

 

 

Loved Ones:-

Son of Gerrit and Jane Catherina Hofsteenge

 

 

 

Memorial:-

Leuwigajah, Cimahi

 

Plaque:-

IV 125

 

 

 

Notes:-

Occupation Geologist. Transferred 19 June 1945. Fell ill on 19 December 1944. Died of malaria and beri-beri on 19 June 1945 (JA.286 P.41).

 

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