Conscript private Wilhelminus Johannes Gerhardus van Doorn.

Conscript private Wilhelminus Johannes Gerhardus van Doorn was part of 2-III-2 Regiment Wielrijders (Bicycle Infantry Regiment). The exact circumstances of his death are unclear. According to the source, the website Zuidfrontholland1940, it is probable that soldier van Doorn was injured on the Oudendijk in a battle with German troops from Gruppe de Boer on May 12, 1940 near the General Cemetery, or German paratroopers in the western direction. However, historians Brongers and de Leeuw suggest that soldier van Doorn was wounded at the railway crossing in Dubbeldam on May 11, 1940. This is questionable, as 2-III-2 R.W. did not have any casualties or wounded that day. What is certain is that soldier van Doorn suffered a stomach wound and died on May 15, 1940 in the hospital as a result of that wound¹.

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