Date of birth:

November 28th, 1927 (Breda/North Brabant, Netherlands)

Date of death:

August 10th, 1947 (Bodjonegoro/Java, Dutch Indies)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Kembang Kuning
Grave: A217.

Nationality:

Dutch

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Petrus was born on 28 November 1927 in Breda. As a conscript, he joined the Royal Netherlands Army in Amersfoort in the spring of 1947 and was assigned to the 1-4 Battalion of the Grenadier Guard Regiment.
Due to the outbreak of revolutionary violence during the Indonesian struggle for independence, Petrus was sent to the Dutch East Indies to help restore peace and Dutch authority. After three months of training, Petrus left for the East on 28 May 1947 on the Kota Inten, where he landed in Surabaya on Java after a month at sea. His unit was active in the Tjermee sector and took part in the First Police Action, which began on 21 July 1947.
His battalion was then stationed along the coast around Surabaya and took part in brief operations on the island of Madura, across the narrow strait. Tactically, the action was a success; the resistance of the revolutionaries was quickly broken and all military objectives were achieved within the set time frame.
However, the Netherlands suffered serious diplomatic damage and, under increasing international pressure, the Action was ended on 4 August. Another critical problem soon arose: a much larger area now had to be secured, putting even more pressure on the already overburdened Dutch forces.
Petrus was one of the victims of the intensified actions of the revolutionaries against the Dutch during this period. He was killed on 10 August 1947 in Bondjonegoro, west of Surabaya. Petrus was 19 years old and was laid to rest in the Dutch military cemetery Kembang Kuning in Surabaya.

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