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Dijk, van, Willem Timen

Date of birth:
April 12th, 1925 (Oldebroek/Gelderland, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
November 19th, 1948 (Padang/Sumatra, Indonesiƫ)
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Leuwigajah
Row: IV. Grave: 156.
Service number:
250412101
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Conscripted Sergeant Major Administrator, 1st Company, 5th Battalion, Princess Irene Guard Regiment. Died on 19 November 1948 in the hospital in Padang as a result of typhus.

Willem Timen van Dijk was buried with military honours at the military cemetery in Padang on 20 November 1948. In 1962, he was reburied at the Leuwigajah military cemetery in Cimahi (Bandung).

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