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Wetering, van de, Dirk Herman

Date of birth:
October 12th, 1919 (Sliedrecht/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
November 10th, 1944 (London, England)
Service number:
18170
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Korporaal-Konstabel
Unit:
Korps Mariniers
Awarded on:
May 11th, 1950

Awarded posthumously, provisional authorisation to wear the decoration had already been granted in July 1944.
With clasps ?Krijg ter Zee 1940-1945? (War at Sea 1940-1945), ?Middellandse Zee 1940-1945? (Mediterranean Sea 1940-1945) and ?Oost-Azi?-Zuid-Pacific 1942-1945? (East Asia-South Pacific 1942-1945).
Oorlogsherinneringskruis (OHK)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Korporaal-Konstabel
Unit:
Korps Mariniers (Dutch Marines )
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1950
Koninklijke Vermelding bij Dagorder
Certificate of Royal Mention in the Daily Order as a crew member of Her Majesty's Gunboat “Soemba”

Posthumously awarded.