Bakker, Jacob "Jan Willems"

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Bakker, Jacob "Jan Willems"

Date of birth:: May 1st, 1917 (Batavia, Dutch Indies)
Date of death:: April 30th, 1944 (Rawicz, Poland)
Nationality:: Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

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Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Stuurman
Awarded on:: September 3rd, 1942

Royal decree no. 3

Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Tijdelijk aangesteld dienstplichtig Sergeant van het Wapen der Infanterie
Unit:: N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1953
Awarded for:: Operation Plan Holland

Royal decree no. 33 (posthumously awarded)

Verzetsherdenkingskruis (VHK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- OGS Gedenkboek 2, Oorlogsgravenstichting.
- HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.
- http://www.onderscheidingen.nl/
- Dutch Agents 1940-1945

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