This memorial page is dedicated to Antonius Cornelius Meulendijks, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Antonius Cornelius Meulendijks

Name: Meulendijks
First names: Antonius Cornelius
Nickname: Antoon
Date of birth: 14 July 1926
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: Voorpeel Z.126, Deurne
Rank / Occupation: Farmer
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 12 October 1944
Place of death: America
Cause of death: as a result of shrapnel
Cemetery: Roman Catholic Cemetery, America
Memorial site: War Memorial in Zeilberg

 

Additional information

Grave location: mass grave

Son of Johannes Meulendijks and Maria Munsters.

Antonius Cornelius Meulendijks was travelling from his hiding place and was fatally struck during an Allied air raid. This bombing raid was carried out by the Canadian Air Force’s No. 438, 439 and 440 (Can) squadrons, stationed at Welschap Airfield in Eindhoven, with the aim of rendering the German supply routes to the front line in Overloon impassable. His final resting place is a mass grave containing 20 other war victims, one of whom is Silverius Marinus Gerardus Joseph van Heugten.

Memorial card
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