Date of birth:

November 5th, 1916 (Katwijk/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

May 21st, 1990 (Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

Cornelis Dijkdrenth was born Nov. 5, 1916, the son of Bernardus Jacobus Dijkdrenth (1876-1949) and Cornelia Dijkdrenth-Spaanderman (1873-1955). He was married to Johanna Annie d'Achard van Enschut (1917-2011). The couple had four children.

Career:
1934- 1939: Shipbuilder Wilton Feijenoord;
1943: Mechanical Engineer;
1943 - 1945: Resistance member Group Albrecht;
1943 - 1945: Employee Department Katwijk National Organization for Assistance to People in Hiding (LO), pseudonym Kees Katwijk;
1945- 1946: Head of Pavement Engineer, Valkenburg Airfield;
1946 - 1961: Administrator, Wilton-Fijenoord;
March 1949 - 1961: Teacher of Mechanical Drawing, Gem. Vaktekenschool;
1961 - 1981: Damage expert for ship's underwriters, Van Helden, Schippers & Nobels;

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• Photo 1: Frits Dijkdrenth
• - HEUVEL, C.C. VAN DEN e.a., Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985.
  - Ing. Cornelis Kees Dijkdrenth 1916–1990 – Genealogie Katwijk