Date of birth:

January 11th, 1925 (Den Hout/North Brabant, Netherlands)

Date of death:

September 20th, 1948 (Tjiawi-Malangbong/Java, Dutch Indies)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Menteng Pulo
Plot: III. Row: 81. 

Nationality:

Dutch

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Jan was born on 11 January 1925 in Den Hout, a parish village near Oosterhout. Called up for military service, he reported for duty in the summer of 1946 at the Royal Netherlands Army in Breda, where he was assigned to the 3-8 Field Artillery Regiment.

Due to the outbreak of revolutionary violence in the Indonesian struggle for independence, he was sent to the Dutch East Indies as part of the 7 December Division to help restore peace and Dutch authority. After a short training period, he travelled to the East on the Johan de Witt in October 1946, arriving in Batavia a month later.

Upon arrival, Jan and his unit were stationed in the artillery camp in Batavia for additional training and arming. In early January 1947, the unit moved to the port of Tandjong Priok for guard duty. A month later, the unit returned to Batavia and was subsequently stationed in the Tjiandjoer sector, in the interior of western Java.

During the First Police Action from 21 July to 4 August 1947, the unit occupied Soekaboemi, after which cleansing operations were carried out in and around Soemedang. After the action, Jan was deployed not only as an artilleryman but also as an infantryman on patrol around Garoet, southeast of Bandung.

A relatively quiet period began for Jan when he was transferred with his unit to another sector south of Bandung in April 1948. This came to an end in July when the artillery was sent to the very restive Tasikmalaja, where various operations had to be carried out.

Jan was killed on 20 September 1948 when he was shot by revolutionaries during a car patrol from Tjiawi to Malangbong, north of Tasikmalaja. He was 23 years old and found his final resting place at the Dutch military cemetery Menteng Pulo in Jakarta.

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