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Korteweg, Wouter

Date of birth:
December 30th, 1915 (Papendrecht, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
May 13th, 1940 (Velsen, the Netherlands (o/b Hr. Ms. M2))
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves IJmuiden Duinhof
Plot: Erehof. Grave: 4.
Service number:
8627
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Sailor 2nd class.
He was stationed on board the minesweeper Hr. Ms. M2.
He was killed by an explosion of a magnetic mine in the North Sea Canal near Velsen on 13 May 1940.
He was originally buried at the Westerbegraafplaats Cemetery on the Havenkade at IJmuiden
After the war he was reburied at the Military Erehof at IJmuiden.

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