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Leeuw, van der, Gerardus Johannes Christiaan

Date of birth:
January 8th, 1903 (Den Helder/North Holland, Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 30th, 1943 (Hindato, Thailand)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Kanchanaburi
Row: 7J. Grave: 32.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Van der Leeuw served with the KNIL as an Infantry Land Storm Soldier. He was first interned on Java and was later transferred to Thailand where he died on September 30, 1943 in Hindato (Thailand), working on the infamous Burma Railway.

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