Date of birth:

February 5th, 1926 (Renkum/Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

April 6th, 1949 (Djokja/Java, Indonesia)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Pandu
Row: VI. Grave: 368.

Service number:

260205203

Nationality:

Dutch

Conscript soldier, 2nd Company, 5th Battalion, Princess Irene Guard Regiment. Reported for duty at the Menno van Coehoorn Barracks in Arnhem. Departed from Rotterdam on 26 November 1947 on the MS Kota-Inten bound for the Dutch East Indies.

With the exception of the 2nd Company, the 5th Battalion GRPI was deployed on Sumatra. However, the 2nd Company, to which Versteegen belonged, was deployed as reinforcement for the 5th Regiment Stoottroepen on Java and remained there throughout the conflict. Adolf Petrus Versteegen was killed in action on 6 April 1949 in Doedoek, Djokja.

He was initially buried at the Field of Honour in Djokja. Following a request from the Indonesian government to limit the 22 Dutch Fields of Honour throughout the archipelago to five, all located on Java, he was reburied at the Pandu Field of Honour in Bandung.

His name appears on the Indies Monument in Oosterbeek.

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

• Photo 1: Oorlogsgravenstichting
• - https://oorlogsgravenstichting.nl/personen/159985/adolf-petrus-versteegen

Helaas geen map gevonden.