B/128032 Trooper FARAGHER, Arnold B.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

I know the Faraghers from their visit to the Netherlands two years ago. The first week they visited a family in Tilburg where Arnold used to be billeted in 1944. The second week I took them to various places of interest, like Groesbeek cemetery and the Kangaroo memorial at Mill. Fun stuff included the sights and sounds of Holland, like a tour along the tulip fields in Dirk's Chevy Gun Tractor.

It was a privilege knowing him - may he rest in peace.

Here are some pictures of Arnold and Marge Faragher's visit to Holland back in 2001. I happened to come across them again, so I thought it was best to share them here.

Arnold at Kranenborg, Germany. This town just across the border in Germany,
is where his best friend Aurele Deslisle was killed on 9 February 1945.
Arnold really wanted to go back to the spot where Delisle's Kangaroo was hit:
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Arnold next to the grave of Cavalier (Trooper) A. DELISLE (D 15800).
He is buried at Groesbeek cemetery- see link:
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Arnold pointing out the name of Trooper H.G. JOHNSTON (M 8053, killed 17 January 1945).
Johnston is MIA, known to have been killed by mortar fire between Dieteren and Susteren, Limburg (read more here):
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Arnold and Marge at the Groesbeek cemetery and the well-known Groesbeek windmill:
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