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Stortelder, Hendrikus Gerardus

Date of birth:
May 12th, 1925 (Lichtenvoorde/Gelderland, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
July 5th, 1949 (Fort de Kock/Sumatra, Indonesia)
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Leuwigajah
Row: V. Grave: 1111.
Service number:
250512129
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Conscript soldier, 5th Company, 5th Battalion, Princess Irene Guard Regiment.

Died as a result of (presumably) a heart attack.

Hendrikus Stortelder is buried at the Belantoeng military cemetery in Padang (Sumatra). This cemetery had to be closed in 1962 by order of the Indonesian government, and he was reburied at the Leuwigajah military cemetery in Cimahi (Bandung). His name appears on the Indie Monument in Lichtenvoorde.

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