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Bothof, Rokus

Date of birth:
April 25th, 1903 (Dordrecht, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
May 12th, 1940 (Vlissingen, the Netherlands (o/b Hr. Ms. Bulgia))
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg
Grave: 1521.
Service number:
8049
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Sailor 1st class.
Placed on board minelayer Hr. Ms. Bulgia.
Died in the battle for the fatherland on 12 May 1940 in Vlissingen.
The remains were recovered on 31 July 1940 when the ship was raised and he was buried at the Westerbegraafplaats cemetery at the Havenkade in IJmuiden.
After the war he was reburied at the Grebbeberg Military Cemetery.

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