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Linden, van der, Frederikus Wilhelmus

    Date of birth:
    May 29th, 1912 (Hilversum, the Netherlands)
    Date of death:
    February 20th, 1942 (Balikpapan/Borneo, Dutch East Indies)
    Buried on:
    Dutch War Cemetery Kembang Kuning
    Plot: DDD. Grave: 176/1.
    Nationality:
    Dutch

    Biography

    Lived in the Dutch East Indies. Not married, Missionary Congregation of the Holy Family. After the Japanese invaded Balikpapan in the night of Januaty 23rd/24th, 1942, on February 20th, 1942 in revenge for the destructions to the oil installation there, a group of 75 (possibly 78) civilians and POW's were driven into sea at Klandassan Ketjil and killed with machinegun fire by the Japanese.

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