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War Memorial Ouddorp

This memorial commemorates the residents of Ouddorp who died in the Second World War.
Dutch tekst op het memorial (translated to English):

1940 - 1945
FOR
THEM WHO
FELL

VAN 'T GELOOF, MARKUS 02-12-1908 CUYK 10-05-1940
BREEN, JACOB 15-01-1915 THOLEN 15-05-1940
MEIJER, JAN CORNELIS 19-08-1889 OUDDORP 01-11-1940
MEIJER, LENA 23-06-1928 OUDDORP 01-11-1940
AKERSHOEK, KLAAS 15-10-1918 NABIJ ENGELSE KUST 06-1941
HAAS-FRANKEN, ANNA 08-05-1873 OSWIEQLM (P) 26-10-1942
VAN WIJK, ARNOLDUS 18-12-1924 AMERSFOORT 17-02-1943
HAMEETEMAN, MARTIJN 18-07-1908 THAILAND 04-08-1943
SPERLING, JOHANNES 09-11-1925 WEERT 19-03-1944
HOOGMOED, MARKUS 14-10-1918 GOEDEREEDE 11-09-1944
HAMEETEMAN, DIMMEN 19-05-1925 BRAUNSCHWEIG 29-10-1944
BREEN, ADRIANUS AREN 12-12-1905 NORDHAUSEN 02-02-1945

LOKKER, ADRIANUS 08-09-1911 HAMBURG 03-02-1945
MEIJER, THOMAS 10-11-1917 HESSENRODE 20-03-1945
KOEK, THEUNIS KRIJN 12-08-1913 HESSENRODE 27-03-1945
HAMEETEMAN, EEUWIT 06-06-1914 SALZA 09-04-1945
VAN WIJK, JACOB 13-01-1922 JUTZENBACH 12-04-1945
NIEMAN, AREN 14-11-1904 PETERSDORF 16-04-1945
WITTE, THEODORIS FR. 10-07-1916 HELA DANZIG 16-04-1945
MASTENBROEK, WILLEM 05-07-1925 NEUSTADT/HOLSTEIN 03-05-1945
KOMTEBEDDE, JAN 24-08-1922 NORDHAUSEN 06-05-1945
MOLESTEEG, GERRIT 14-07-1913 SANDBOSTEL 10-05-1945
HOEK, JOHANNES 06-02-1920 WITTSTOCK 31-05-1945
DE MOOIJ, KRIJN 03-02-1915 PARIJS 16-07-1945


The fleet of Ouddorp came on 06-04-2005 in the news when on a fishing vessel from Ouddorp the Maarten Jacob, the Ouddorp 1 (OD-1) three crew members were killed by a bomb from World War II. The bomb had fallen into the nets and detonated aboard when emptying the nets.

A memorial plaque has also been placed at the monument in memory of Nellie Klink. She was seriously injured during the bombing on May 12, 1944 and died on March 23, 1946, at the age of 13.

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Source

  • Text: TracesOfWar
  • Photos: Adri Kramer