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VANDEBOSCH Emiel KIA Opheusden On the evening, a team of seven men of the 2nd group of the B Company of the 3rd Battalion is located by German artillery. A projectile of 88 mm explodes right in the middle of the group. The private Emilius VANDEN BOSCH is killed. Andre DEBONNEZ and Andre DELOBEL are seriously wounded. They are charged on a Bren Carrier and are then transferred to the 3 CAN GEN HOSP in NIJMEGEN. DEBONNEZ will die there on April 24 and DELOBEL on April 25. VANDEBOSCH Emiel
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