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Geerling, Hendrik Heildert

Date of birth:
November 8th, 1920 (Almelo, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
August 17th, 1986 (Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands)
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Hendrik Heildert Geerling fought as an enlisted man at the Grebbeberg, the Netherlands in May 1940 and was taken to Lückenwalde as a POW afterwards.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Dienstplichtig Soldaat (Enlisted Private)
Awarded on:
December 31st, 1949

Awarded with clasp "NEDERLAND MEI 1940".
Oorlogsherinneringskruis (OHK)
Medaille in de Orde van Oranje Nassau in Zilver

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