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Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery Franeker

On the Municipal Cemetery in Franeker are seven Dutch War Graves.
These are the graves of:

Wieger Boonstra, shot in reprisal on 12 March 1945 in Amsterdam.
Pieter Jaarsma, died in Franeker, 11 April 1945.
Bruin Kingman, Private St.-III-40 R.I., killed in action on 16 May 1940 in Kapelle (Zeeland).
Johannes Panbakker, died in Franeker on 24 June 1945.
Anne Dirk Schaafsma, died in Wilhemshaven (Germany), 13 March 1945.
Jan Vellinga, died in Brockzetel (Germany) on 31 March 1945.

War in Iraq:
10 May 2004 , Sergeant Miente David "Dave" Steensma, aged 36

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Source

  • Text: Fedor de Vries, Dick de Bruijne, Jimmy Hilgen
  • Photos: Dick de Bruijne (1, 2, 3), Oorlogsgravenstichting (4), Jimmy Hilgen (5)