Bakker, Leendert
- Date of birth:
- June 16th, 1909 (Haamstede/Zeeland, The Netherlands)
- Date of death:
- May 10th, 1940 (Noordgouwe/Zeeland, The Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg
Row: 11. Grave: 18.
- Nationality:
- Dutch
Biography
During a German air raid on Haamstede airfield, 30-year-old volunteer Leendert Bakker was killed. He had volunteered for the air patrol detachment in 1939. Initially buried at Vredehof in Burgh-Haamstede, he was later reinterred at Grebbeberg Cemetery.
Leendert was a carpenter by profession and was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Soldaat
- Unit:
- Luchtwachtgroep Rotterdam, Vrijwillig Landstormkorps Luchtwachtdienst, Koninklijke Landmacht
- Awarded on:
- 2018
Posthumously awarded with clasp on November 18, 2018 to his granddaughters Leonie and Elvira.
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