• List War Victims May 1940 - Military

Date of birth:

March 15th, 1911 (Deventer/Overijssel, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

May 14th, 1940 (Schelluinen/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg
Row: 10. Grave: 50.

Nationality:

Dutch

Rang/eenheid:

Dienstplichtig Soldaat in 3e Batterij, IIe Afdeling, 3e Regiment Artillerie

Jan and his wife Geertruida (Truus) ran a dairy shop. He delivered milk and dairy products with a wooden cart.

On May 14th, 1940, the day of the bombing of Rotterdam, his department received orders to head for The Hague. In Schelluinen, however, they were surprised by a German air raid. Machine-gun fire hit soldiers and horses; three soldiers, including Jan, and a civilian were killed.

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