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Date of birth:

November 21st, 1887 (Buitenzorg, Dutch Indies)

Date of death:

January 15th, 1968 (The Hague/Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Luitenant-generaal Ter Poorten was held prisoner of war between 1942 and 1945. He survived a serious air accident on 18 February 1916, which killed Lt. Gen. J.P. Michielsen.

Promotions:

25 July 1908: Second Lieutenant
29 Spril 1911: First Lieutenant
26 August 1919: Captain
25 July 1930: Major
28 July 1935: Lieutenant Colonel
29 April 1936: Colonel
13 September 1937: Major General
October 1941: Lieutenant General

Functions:
1911: Wapen der Artillerie, Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger
1926-1931: General Staff, KNIL
1933-1936: General Staff, KNIL
1936-1939: Head IIIe Department (Head Officer of Artillery), also inspector of the weapon, KNIL
26 July 1939-13 October 1941: Chief of General Staff, KNIL
14 October 1941-09 March 1942: Commander of the KNIL and head of Department of War for Dutch Indies.

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• - Honours and Awards: Hein Ter Poorten | Australian War Memorial
  - Lieutenant-General Hein Ter Poorten, The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941-1942, L. Klemen - Portrait with decorations
  - Picture with decorations
  - persons dutch KNIL
  - Poorten, Hein ter (1887-1968)
  - De Soldatencourant. Orgaan voor Leger en Vloot | 18 februari 1916 | pagina 1 - Krantenbank Zeeland
  - Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden 27-1-1942
  - De Indische courant 25-10-1941
  

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