Date of birth:

June 1st, 1927 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

May 16th, 1948 (Padang Pandjang/Sumatra, Indonesia )

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Leuwigajah
Row: V. Grave: 1163.

Service number:

270601200

Nationality:

Dutch

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

Killed by a gunshot wound.

Johan Scheffer is buried at the Belantoeng military cemetery in Padang (Sumatra). This cemetery had to be closed in 1962 by order of the Indonesian government, and he was reburied at the Leuwigajah military cemetery in Cimahi (Bandung).

* The name of the regiment was changed to Princess Irene Guard Regiment on 1 June 1948.
** The entire battalion assembled at this barracks and departed for the Dutch East Indies on this date.

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