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Du Ry van Beest Holle, Gérard

Date of birth:
January 19th, 1893 (Batavia/Java, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
June 4th, 1944 (Internment Camp Tarakan/Borneo, Dutch East Indies)
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Kembang Kuning
Plot: B. Grave: 414.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Gerard Du Ry van Beest Holle was born on January 19th, 1893 as the son to Gérard Jack Du Ry van Beest Holle and Theodora Susette Louise Wentholt. He married Charlotte Diana Fruneaux on May 20th, 1926. The couple had two daughters and a son.

Promotions:
November 7th, 1914: 2e Luitenant KNIL;
November 7th, 1920: 1e Luitenant KNIL;
?: Kapitein KNIL;
November 4th, 1931: Majoor der Artillerie KNIL.

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Rank:
Kapitein (Captain)
Awarded on:
August 22nd, 1936
Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.5x)

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