Date of birth:

September 20th, 1918 (Middelharnis, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

September 7th, 1944 (Mauthausen, Austria)

Buried on:

Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Shot in concentration camp Mauthausen

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Luitenant ter Zee 3e Klasse

Awarded on:

November 6th, 1941

For escaping from occupied territory in 1941.
Royal Decree No. 5.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Luitenant-ter-zee der 3e klasse (Lieutenant 3rd Class)

Unit:

Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government

Awarded on:

December 4th, 1948

Awarded for:

Operation Contact Holland

Has distinguished himself by excellent actions of courage, policy and faithfully. He landed by parachute on July 4, 1941 as second Dutchman in occupied Netherlands. He carried out the tasks he was given very creditable where he cleared himself gone among the particularly dangerous enemy.
Posthumously awarded.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Luitenant ter Zee 3e Klasse

Unit:

Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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