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Sumatra Railway

 

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Sergeant

Rooij, Johannes Antonius Joseph Wilhelmus van

Born:-

18 April 1896 in Kerkrade

 

Nationality:-

Dutch

 

 

Netherland Infantry

1st G.B. van S.W.K. en Tap

 

 

Captured:-

1942/03/17, Padang on the west coast of Sumatra

 

 

Died

Death:-

1945/04/05

 

Age:-

48

 

Cemetery:-

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

 

Grave Number:-

1

 

 

 

Loved Ones:-

Son of C. and M.C. Rooij

 

 

 

Memorial:-

Leuwigajah, Cimahi

 

Plaque:-

V 1154

 

 

 

Notes:-

Occupation Teacher. Fell ill on 10 January 1945. Died of Korsakov disease at 5:45am on 5 April 1945 (Burial) (JA.119 P.176).

 

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