Date of birth:

September 29th, 1923 (Bergen op Zoom/North Brabant, Netherlands)

Date of death:

September 13th, 1947 (Salatiga/Java, Dutch Indies)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Kembang Kuning
Plot: C. Grave: 70.

Nationality:

Dutch

Korpl.Mars.OVW.
Kon. Marine

Lodewijk was born on 29 September 1923 in Bergen op Zoom and lived in Breda. After the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands, he enlisted as a war volunteer in the Royal Netherlands Navy. He travelled to the United States for training as a marine and to prepare for his deployment in East Asia, where Japan was still being fought at the time.

Two days after the Japanese surrender on 15 August 1945, Soekarno and Mohammed Hatta declared Indonesia's independence. When, shortly afterwards, the British and Dutch appear to be preparing to restore the old colonial authority, the period of the Bersiap (“be prepared”) begins, during which foreigners and European and Indonesian Dutch people declared enemies are the main victims of violence and persecution. The marines' destination was changed to the Dutch East Indies, where they were to restore public order and peace. In December 1945, Lodewijk travelled with the marine brigade, divided among a number of troop transport ships leaving shortly after each other, to the East Indies.

However, to the great anger of the Dutch military, Admiral Lord Mountbatten, commander-in-chief of the South East Asia Command (SEAC), announced a landing ban for Java and Sumatra. In doing so, he attempted to prevent the chaotic situation in the archipelago from escalating into a large-scale war in which the British troops still stationed there could become embroiled. As a result, it is not until March 1946 that Lodewijk lands in Surabaya. Until then, he is stationed with the marines in British Malacca and receives additional tropical training.

After taking over posts from the British troops still present on Java, Cornelis was mainly deployed on the east side of the island, where fierce fighting against the revolutionaries was taking place on the Surabaya front. From January 1947, the front was extended with the occupation of the Porong Delta and subsequent actions with the infantry in the interior.

During the First Police Action, Lodewijk took part with the Marines in large-scale operations in East Java and on Madura. He was then stationed in this region, known as the “Oosthoek”, for patrol and mop-up operations.

Lodewijk was killed in action on 13 September 1947 in Salatiga, in Central Java. Because Salatiga is a considerable distance from the Oosthoek, he was probably on assignment or seconded to another unit at the time. Lodewijk was 23 years old and was laid to rest at the Dutch military cemetery Kembang Kuning in Surabaya.

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