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Beer Poortugael, den, Diederik Jacob H. N.

Date of birth:
August 7th, 1899 (Arnhem, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 22nd, 1943 (Kuie, Thailand)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Kanchanaburi
Plot: 3. Row: E. Grave: 70/74.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Jr. Diederik Jacob Herman Nicolaas den Beer Poortugael, born August 7, 1899 in Arnhem. Garden employee of the sugar factories of the Netherlands. Handel Mij on Java, art photographer. Soldier infantry at the K.N.I.L. at Piring Fort, Surabaya (East Java). Interned on November 3, 1942, deported to Thailand and died there in the POW camp at Kuie on September 22, 1943.

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