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War Memorial Den Hout

(Netherlands, the - North Brabant - Den Hout)

On the churchyard of Den Hout, this memorial is erected. It commemorates the civilian victims of the Second World War and a soldier killed in Indonesia from Den Hout.

The Dutch text on the monument (translated to English):
WITH THE LIBERATION IN SIGHT
THEY SAW THE ETERNAL LIGHT
NOVEMBER 1944

FRANCISCUS DE BEEN 24 YEARS
WILHELMUS DIEPENDAAL 57 YEARS
RINIE EWEN 4 YEARS
WILHELMUS VAN GILS 68 YEARS
PETRONELLA HAZENBERG 50 YEARS
BERNARDUS KASTELIJNS 66 YEARS
CATHARINA VAN OOSTERHOUT 26 YEARS
MARIA WINDEN 27 YEARS
ANTONIUS VAN MEEL 20 YEARS
JOHANNA VAN OPSTAL 72 YEARS
JOHANNA GODSCHALK 27 YEARS

There is also a separate plaque on the monument with the text:
FALLEN FOR HIS
COUNTRY
PRIVATE.EKL.
F.G.B. BOEREN
* 28-7-1927 + 16-6-1949
INDONESIA

Source

• Text: Paul Moerenhout
• Photos: Anneke Moerenhout