Soldiers Memorial Zieuwent
This memorial is located in the churchgarden in Zieuwent. It commemorates two soldiers of Zieuwent, one victim of World War II and one victim of the war in the Dutch East Indies.
The victim of World War II was Theodorus Johannes Wopereis, he was killed on May 12th at the Grebbelinie and is buried at the Dutch cemetery Grebbeberg in Rhenen. On the memorial is the date May 13th 1940, but this is in the register and on his headstone May 12th 1940. The other soldier was Hendrikus Gerhardus Stortelder, he is buried at the Dutch cemetery Leuwigajah in Cimahi.
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- Text: TracesOfWar.nl
- Photos: Bjorn van Marle
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