Date of birth:

May 10th, 1904 (Dordrecht/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

February 24th, 1945 (Bandjermasin/Borneo, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Reserve 1e Luitenant Jacob Verdam lived at Tarakan and was anit-air artillery commander with the Garnizoen Tarakan at the time the Japanese invaded the island. He was at first imprisoned in a POW camp at Tarakan. Members of the Tokeitai (Naval police) took him from there to Bandjermasin, where he was excecuted.

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• - OGS Gedenkboek 41 - Azië, Oorlogsgravenstichting.
  - Archief Jack Kooistra
  - Militaire Spectator, Tarakan januari 1942, pag. 302-320, 1980
  - Jacob Verdam | Oorlogsgravenstichting