Memorial to Fallen Soldiers in the Dutch East Indies, Opheusden

In the lobby of the Opheusen town hall, there is a memorial plaque for the five residents of Opheusden who died between 1946 and 1949. The white marble plaque bears the inscription “Dutch East Indies 1945-1950, They were sent but did not return”, with the following names listed below:

Izak van den Bosch
Gerrit Geurts
Arie Jacob van Ochten
Roelof Otten
Menso Mechtold van Welij

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Hans Tasma