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OPLOO (WESTERBEEK) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY

Noord-Brabant

Netherlands


GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.58269, Longitude: 5.863

Location Information

Westerbeek, a small village in the commune of Oploo, is situated west of the Overloon to Oploo road. It is 3 kilometres south of Oploo and about 4 kilometres north-west of Overloon. 

The cemetery is directly behind the Roman Catholic church in the centre of the village. The graves are in two plots, one in the north-east and the other in the south-west part of the cemetery. 


Historical Information

There are 12, 1939-1945 War casualties commemorated in this site.

Total Burials: 12

World War Two Casualties: United Kingdom 10, Canada 2. Total 12.


Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels

OPLOO (WESTERBEEK) ROMAN CATHOLIC CEMETERY
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887672 Gunner
Hubert Thomas Cook
"I" Battery, 13 
(Honourable Artillery Coy.) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
11th October 1944.

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Son of Edwin George and May Rosetta Cook; husband of Florence Gertrude Cook.

His headstone bears the inscription "Your Memory Is Our Keepsake, Hubert With Which We'll Never Part"


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R/278581 Flight Sergeant
Lorne Clifford Taerum
550 Squadron, 
Royal Canadian Air Force
3rd February 1945, aged 18.

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Son of Guttorm Tonger Taerum and of Hilda Ingeline Olson Taerum, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Brother of Torger Harold Taerum who died on September 16, 1943 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force and is buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Germany.

His headstone bears the inscription "Faithful To His Trust, Even To His Death"


NEARBY CWGC CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS
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venray war cemetery
overloon war cemetery
Oploo (St. Anthonis) Roman Catholic Churchyard

World War One Cemeteries
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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Canadian Virtual War Memorial
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Australian War Memorial
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New Zealand Online Cenotaph


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Disclaimer


The casualty numbers for each cemetery are taken from the C. W. G. C. site. We are aware that there can be discrepancies in the numbers quoted.
(The G. P. S. Coordinates are also taken from the C. W. G. C. site)


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