Date of birth:

January 11th, 1916 (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Date of death:

May 10th, 1940 (Dubbeldam, The Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Graves General Cemetery Crooswijk
Plot: P. Row: 2. Grave: 63 A.

Nationality:

Dutch

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Dienstplichtig Soldaat (Enlisted Private)

Unit:

1-III, 14e Regiment Artillerie, Wapen der Artillerie

Awarded on:

May 6th, 1946

"He distinguished himself by brave action against the enemy in a reconnaissance against battery positions, for which he volunteered; he died in the ensuing fight with enemy Fallschirmjagers near the Schenkeldijk on 10 May 1940."


Posthumously awarded

• - Oorlogsgravenstichting
  - Johannes Henricus van Elten [Zuidfront Holland - Mei 1940]
  

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Memorial 14th Regiment Artillery Dubbeldam

Dordrecht - South Holland