• Sinking s.s. Simon Bolivar

Date of birth:

December 9th, 1913 (Utrecht/Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

November 18th, 1939 (near Harwich, Northsea)

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Gerardus Wouter Gruijthuijzen was marine engineer on board the s.s. Simon Bolivar, which on November 18th, 1939 struck two mines and sunk. He was killed in the event and his remains have never been found.

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