Date of birth:

September 15th, 1926 (Ginneken/North Brabant, Netherlands)

Date of death:

August 25th, 1947 (Lubuk Pakam/Sumatra, Dutch Indies)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Leuwigajah
Plot: II. Grave: 806.

Nationality:

Dutch

Dpl.Kpl. 4-RS

Theodorus was born on 15 September 1926 in Ginneken. As a conscript, he joined the Royal Netherlands Army in Nijmegen in the spring of 1947, where he was assigned to the 4th Battalion of the Stoottroepen Regiment.

Due to the outbreak of revolutionary violence during the Indonesian struggle for independence, Theodorus was sent to the Dutch East Indies to help restore peace and colonial authority. On 14 May 1947, after two and a half months of training, he travelled to the East on the Volendam. Less than a month later, Theodorus landed in the port of Belawan in North Sumatra and was stationed on the eastern outskirts of Medan.

During the First Police Action from 21 July to 4 August 1947, his battalion moved westward into the interior to provide rear cover for the brigade. During the night of 23 to 24 July, the battalion successfully repelled a night attack by the revolutionary army on Medan. On the 30th, he was transferred to Loeboekpakam to secure the road between Medan and Tebing Tinggi. Theodorus, then a corporal, was killed in the line of duty in Loeboekpapam on 25 August 1947.

He probably died as a result of enemy fire along the road, but an accident cannot be ruled out. Theodorus was 20 years old and found his final resting place at the Dutch military cemetery Leuwigajah in Cimahi.

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