This memorial page is dedicated to Peter Johannes Bellemakers, 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: Bellemakers 
First names: Peter Johannes
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 4 January 1876
Place of birth: Deurne
Residence: Heitrak 1, Neerkant
Rank / Occupation: Farmer
Identity tag: –
Unit: –
Date of death: 12 May 1940
Place of death: Helmond
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: –
Memorial site: War memorial in Neerkant


Additional information

Son of Antoon Bellemakers and Anna Maria van der Weerder.

Peter Johannes Bellemakers was fatally wounded on his way to Mierlo, near the bridge over the Zuid-Willemsvaart in Helmond.

Overlijdensregister
Death Register

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