Date of birth:

September 3rd, 1927 (Arnhem/Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

April 2nd, 1949 (Padang Pandjang/Sumatra, Indonesië)

Service number:

270903122

Nationality:

Dutch

Conscript soldier, Ost-Cie, 5th Battalion, Princess Irene Guard Regiment. Most likely enlisted at the Menno van Coehoorn Barracks in Arnhem and departed from Rotterdam on 26 November 1947 on the MS Kota-Inten bound for the Dutch East Indies, arriving in Padang, Sumatra, on 23 December of that year.

Reportedly, he was ambushed and killed on 2 April 1948.

Evert Smits was buried with military honours at the cemetery of honour in Padang on 3 April 1948. In 1962, he was reburied at the Leuwigajah cemetery of honour in Cimahi (Bandung).

His name appears on the Indies monument in Bronbeek Park.

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