Belt, van den, Jan Willem

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Date of birth:: August 14th, 1913 (Willemstad/Curaçao, Dutch Antilles)
Date of death:: January 12th, 1942 (Tarakan/North Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies)
Buried on:: Dutch War Cemetery Leuwigajah
Nationality:: Dutch

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Bronzen Leeuw (BL)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Eerste Luitenant der Genie (1st Lieutenant of Engineers)
Unit:: sectie Genie, Troepencommando Tarakan, Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (KNIL)

Royal Decree no. 63 (posthumously).

Sources

- ERIK MüLLER, De Bronzen Leeuw.
- Jan Willem van den Belt | Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945
- Jan Willem van den Belt | Oorlogsgravenstichting

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