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Horst-Arriëns, ter, Kate Anna

Date of birth:
July 6th, 1906 (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands)
Date of death:
February 21st, 1992 (Oosterbeek, Gelderland, Netherlands)
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1980
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden
For her great services during the Battle of Arnhem, when she helped care for more than three hundred wounded paratroopers.

Honorary
Member of the British Empire (MBE, Civil Division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1980
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden
King's Medal for courage in the cause of Freedom

Sources

  • - Somers, E. & Kok, R., Nederland en de Tweede Wereldoorlog, Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle, Nederland, 2005

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