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Josef Willeke

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Josef Willeke

Birth
Atteln, Kreis Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
17 Sep 1944 (aged 42)
Wolfheze, Renkum Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands
Burial
Ysselsteyn, Venray Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
BL-6-144
Memorial ID
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2743-St.Abt.Kf.E.u.A.Abt.26
Ambushed by British Paratroopers during operation Market Garden.
Buried Zypendaal cemetery, Arnhem.
Reburied 16/09/1948 Ysselsteyn.
Driver "Gefreiter" Josef Willeke, Major-General Friedrich Kussin,and Unteroffizier Max Köster are buried next to each other.
The 4th occupant who also got killed was probably Unteroffizier Wilhelm Haupt.
2743-St.Abt.Kf.E.u.A.Abt.26
Ambushed by British Paratroopers during operation Market Garden.
Buried Zypendaal cemetery, Arnhem.
Reburied 16/09/1948 Ysselsteyn.
Driver "Gefreiter" Josef Willeke, Major-General Friedrich Kussin,and Unteroffizier Max Köster are buried next to each other.
The 4th occupant who also got killed was probably Unteroffizier Wilhelm Haupt.

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  • Created by: Fred
  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71639146/josef-willeke: accessed ), memorial page for Josef Willeke (4 Jul 1902–17 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71639146, citing Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Ysselsteyn, Ysselsteyn, Venray Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by Fred (contributor 46792340).