• Den Haag in de Tweede Wereldoorlog

Date of birth:

January 16th, 1909 (Den Haag/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

January 19th, 1942 (Tarakan, Dutch East Indies)

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Reserve 1e Luitenant van Adrichem was battery commander at Keroengan, Garnizoen Tarakan. He was a professional military and Roman Catholic. He was executed on January 19th, 1942 by the Japanese at Tarakan, together with 214 fellow contrymen as a repraisal for sinking two Japanese minesweepers.

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• - OGS Gedenkboek 39 - Op zee, Oorlogsgravenstichting.
  - Archief Jack Kooistra
  - Militaire Spectator, Tarakan januari 1942, pag. 303-320, 1980
  - Josephus Petrus Aloysius van Adrichem – Gedenkteken Tarakan
  - Geboorte Joseph Petrus Aloysius van Adrichem op 16 januari 1909 te 's-Gravenhage; Open Archieven