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Dutch War Graves and Memorial Oudenbosch

This monument can be found on the Roman Catholic churchyard in Oudenbosch.
On the wall the text below the cross can be translated as follows:
They fell for us
Two plaques have been placed in front.
On the right hand side a plaque with the text:
Dutch East Indies 1942 – 1945
B. Suijkerbuijk
* 2 – 8 – 1905 ┼ 25 – 4 – 1943
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery


Below that, the names of four soldiers that had been sent to the Dutch East Indies during the period 1945 – 1950 with the mentioning of their dates of birth and death and on which field of honor those killed soldiers have been buried.
To the left there is a plaque of the Dutch war graves foundation with the text and the names of four men from Oudenbosch killed in action and buried here.
WO II 1940 – 1945
J.H. Jongenelen
* 27 – 8 – 1917 ┼ 14 – 5 – 1940
Roman Catholic cemetery Oudenbosch
M. Rovers
* 14 – 11 – 1908 ┼ 16 – 5 – 1940
Roman Catholic cemetery Oudenbosch
H.F. Snijders
* 8 – 3 – 1902 ┼ 6 – 2 – 1944
Roman Catholic cemetery Oudenbosch
E.F. Doolaege
* 11 – 12 – 1922 ┼ 12 – 6 – 1945
Roman Catholic cemetery Oudenbosch

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