Hoeben, Albert

Date of birth:: February 13th, 1920 (Stramproy/Limburg, the Netherlands)
Date of death:: July 10th, 2014 (Stamproy, the Netherlands)
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

Albert “Bèr” Hoeben, son of Pieter Josephus Hoeben and Maria Hendrina Gertruda Engelen from Stramproy.

Military career:
28-03-1945 Volunteer Marine 3rd class Marine Corps
01-11-1945 Marine 2nd class & Temporary Corporal Marine Corps
28-05-1947 RMWO 4th class KB 28-05-1947 No 55
16-10-1947 Honourably discharged as a war volunteer
02-12-1947 Medal of Honour for Order and Peace with Clasps 1946 and 1947
01-08-1954 Mine guard 1st class & Extended leave

Albert Hoeben enlisted as a war volunteer in the Marine Corps just before the end of the Second World War, on 28 March 1945. After completing his training in the United States, he was promoted to Second Class Marine on 1 November 1945 and became a temporary Corporal. After the Second World War, he was sent to the Dutch East Indies.

On 29 August 1946, Hoeben was in East Java as commander of an automatic rifle group involved in fighting at the village of Gondang. With his rifle group, he succeeded in capturing a position defended by Indonesians. For his courageous behaviour during this action, he was awarded the Military Order of William, 4th class.

In Stramproy werd in 2011 een straat (Hoeben Passage) naar hem vernoemd, nadat al eerder het Hoebenpad in Voorschoten zijn naam had gekregen.

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