Hoiting, Sjoukje

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Operation Market Garden

Date of birth:: 1908 (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Nationality:: Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

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Florence Nightingale Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: May 12th, 1949
Awarded for:: Operation Market Garden

"During World War II, she took care of those affected by the Battle of Arnhem and organized an emergency hospital. During the shelling she helped evacuate the elderly and sick, after which she set up the care for 45,000 evacuees in Apeldoorn."

Sources

- Florence Nightingale Medal
- Rotterdamsch Parool / De Schiedammer | 13 mei 1949 | pagina 1
- Florence Nightingale Instituut

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