Private First Class, 41st Armoured Engineering Battalion based in Oirschot.
He was deployed with the Netherlands contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
He was killed and five other soldiers wounded when their armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb. They were about 20 kilometres north of Camp Holland, near the town of Tarin Kowt, in the southern province of Uruzgan.
Aged 21, he was from Rekken. Jos enjoyed football (soccer) and was an ardent supporter of FC Twente. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, girlfriend and other family and friends.
Repatriation ceremony held 9 September 2008 at Eindhoven airport, Netherlands. Funeral service held 12 September 2008 at H.H. Martelaren van Gorcum parish church in Rekken.
PFC ten Brinke is the 17th Dutch soldier killed since the start of their Afghanistan mission in 2006.
*Sincere thank-you to Edda Meinikat for so generously sponsoring this memorial.
He was deployed with the Netherlands contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
He was killed and five other soldiers wounded when their armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb. They were about 20 kilometres north of Camp Holland, near the town of Tarin Kowt, in the southern province of Uruzgan.
Aged 21, he was from Rekken. Jos enjoyed football (soccer) and was an ardent supporter of FC Twente. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, girlfriend and other family and friends.
Repatriation ceremony held 9 September 2008 at Eindhoven airport, Netherlands. Funeral service held 12 September 2008 at H.H. Martelaren van Gorcum parish church in Rekken.
PFC ten Brinke is the 17th Dutch soldier killed since the start of their Afghanistan mission in 2006.
*Sincere thank-you to Edda Meinikat for so generously sponsoring this memorial.
Private First Class, 41st Armoured Engineering Battalion based in Oirschot.
He was deployed with the Netherlands contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
He was killed and five other soldiers wounded when their armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb. They were about 20 kilometres north of Camp Holland, near the town of Tarin Kowt, in the southern province of Uruzgan.
Aged 21, he was from Rekken. Jos enjoyed football (soccer) and was an ardent supporter of FC Twente. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, girlfriend and other family and friends.
Repatriation ceremony held 9 September 2008 at Eindhoven airport, Netherlands. Funeral service held 12 September 2008 at H.H. Martelaren van Gorcum parish church in Rekken.
PFC ten Brinke is the 17th Dutch soldier killed since the start of their Afghanistan mission in 2006.
*Sincere thank-you to Edda Meinikat for so generously sponsoring this memorial.
He was deployed with the Netherlands contingent of NATO forces in Afghanistan.
He was killed and five other soldiers wounded when their armoured vehicle hit a roadside bomb. They were about 20 kilometres north of Camp Holland, near the town of Tarin Kowt, in the southern province of Uruzgan.
Aged 21, he was from Rekken. Jos enjoyed football (soccer) and was an ardent supporter of FC Twente. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, girlfriend and other family and friends.
Repatriation ceremony held 9 September 2008 at Eindhoven airport, Netherlands. Funeral service held 12 September 2008 at H.H. Martelaren van Gorcum parish church in Rekken.
PFC ten Brinke is the 17th Dutch soldier killed since the start of their Afghanistan mission in 2006.
*Sincere thank-you to Edda Meinikat for so generously sponsoring this memorial.
