Location ?

[Michael R.]

April 7, 1945. Vicinity is stated as "north of Laren". A South Sask Regt soldier being treated for wounds attributed to enemy sniper fire.
The war diary indicates the Regiment crossed the Schipbeek on 7 April, 1945.


Image credit(s): Lieut. Daniel Guravich / Canada. Dept. of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired

[Robert Jan Leerink]

North of Laren

[marco]

In the war diary pages there are mentioned some map references.
I located them on a wartime map (Lochem, Sheet 15, scale 1:50000) and translated from there to GPS coordinates.
You can copy and paste them in Google Maps and the location shows up.

MR 079058: GPS 52.24112, 6.38768, Holterweg 73, 7245ST Laren.
MR 075075: GPS 52.25909, 6.37789 , crossing “Oude Schipbeek with “Oude Stationsweg”.
MR 074074: GPS 52.25809, 6.37689 , a field about 150 meters southwest of MR 075075.

MR 077055: GPS 52.23809, 6.38400 , Broekdijk, Laren.
MR 055096: GPS 52.27435, 6.35258 , Crossroads Oude Stationsweg- Deventerweg.
MR 084066: GPS 52.24848, 6.39528, Tolweg 12, 7451NB Holten.

Marco

[Alex van de Wetering]

Robert Jan,

This is the picture that I had in mind. I tried pinpointing the location with some residents in Holten a few years ago, but failed.

source:
http://www.velocitasholten.nl/fotoholten.html

The website marked the pic as "Beuseberg", but I wonder if it could be the same location as in your picture?

Alex

p.s. Thanks for your PM, welcome back!

[Robert Jan Leerink]

You see the same soldier in the tanksuit behind his bren in this footage, I think somewhere between
Laren and Zutphen

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KCVAG6RKF0Q

[Alex van de Wetering]

I was in the Holten area last sunday and had a quick look "north of Laren". The pictures attached, were taken along the Schipbeek on the corner of the Roudaalterweg, showing the southern bank of the Schipbeek.
The section of the Schipbeek west of the N332 road pretty much blends into the landscape, but the section east of the N332 (where attached pics were taken) shows a bank quite similar to the one in your pic, Robert Jan.

The Roudaalterweg lines up pretty well with the Beuseberg (where the pic with the foxholes was presumebly taken) , which in turn lines up with the Rijssenseweg, where the famous pic was taken of Canadian troops passing the old Holten windmill (acroos the street from Paalman cars) was taken.

Alex