Date of birth:

March 28th, 1924 (Delft/Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)

Date of death:

September 11th, 1944 (Hechtel/Limburg, Belgium)

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Leopoldsburg
Plot: 1. Row: C. Grave: 1.

Nationality:

Dutch

Son of A.M. Steijger and J.W.A. Steijger-Vredenbregt. Corporal in the Princess Irene Brigade. Killed on 11 September 1944 by a mortar shell while defending Joe's Bridge in the run-up to Market Garden.

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• Photo 1: Oorlogsgravenstichting
• Photo 2: Jan de Jager
• - https://prinsesirenebrigade.nl/steijger,-g.m.j..html - https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/148255/gerardus-matthijs-steijger

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