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75995

 

Sergeant

Wijers, Berend

Born:-

16 July 1895 in Nijmegen

 

Nationality:-

Dutch

 

 

Netherland Infantry

Landstorm Department Buitenzorg

 

 

Captured:-

1942/03/08

 

 

Died

Death:-

1945/08/26

 

Age:-

50

 

Cemetery:-

Christian Cemetery, 4 kilometers from Pekanbaru, Sumatra

 

Grave Number:-

53

 

 

 

Loved Ones:-

Son of Antonie and Aletta Jacoba Wijers

 

 

 

Memorial:-

Pandu, Bandung

 

Plaque:-

 VI 260

 

 

 

Notes:-

Transferred 14 May 1944. Fell ill on 20 August 1945. Died of amebic dysentery at 02:45 on 26 August 1945 (JA.286 P.82).

 

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