This memorial page is dedicated to Hendrik Brouwer, 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.

 

Name: Brouwer
First names: Hendrik
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 26 July 1910
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: 14 Kerkweg, Eden
Rank / Occupation: Sergeant in the Infantry
Identity tag: –
Unit: Royal Dutch-Indonesian Army (KNIL)
Date of death: 20 March 1942
Place of death: Kota Tjane (Aceh)
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: –



Additional information
Hendrik Brouwer’s grave can no longer be located.
Son of Frederik Brouwer and Johanna Elizabeth Mulder.

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