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Metzger, Hendrikus Wilhelmus

    Date of birth:
    December 26th, 1918 (Hammersmith/London, Great Britain)
    Date of death:
    September 8th, 1975
    Service number:
    18.12.26.041
    Nationality:
    Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

    Promotions:
    December 10th 1941: Soldaat;
    March 10th, 1945: Lance Corporal.

    Career:
    December 10th, 1941: Koninklijke Landmacht, Canada;
    December 27th, 1941: Koninklijke Prinses Irene Brigade;
    25 augustus 1945: Demobilisation Company Malvern Wells;
    November 19th, 1945: Demobilisatie Compagnie Ministerie van Oorlog;
    January 8th, 1946: London Detachement;
    June 26th, 1946: Long Furlough;
    1 oktober 1953: DIscharge on ending Military Service.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded with clasps "KRIJG TE LAND 1940-1945" and "NORMANDIË 1944".
    Oorlogsherinneringskruis (OHK)

    Sources

    • Photo 1: Myra Mason
    • - Extract Military Service

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