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Smulders, Bernardus Marinus Josephus Johannes Frans

Date of birth:
December 26th, 1913 (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
May 13th, 1940
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves IJmuiden Duinhof
Plot: Erehof. Grave: 13.
Service number:
12369
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Sailor 1st 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.
The remains washed ashore on May 21.
He was originally buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery at IJmuiden.
After the war he was reburied at the Military Erehof at IJmuiden.

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