Mink, Antoon Berend

Date of birth:: October 21st, 1918 (Den Helder, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: September 7th, 1944 (Mauthausen)
Buried on:: Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

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Kruis van Verdienste (KV)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 25th, 1943

"For preparing and executing a plan to escape from the occupied Netherlands to reach England despite many difficulties encountered along the way."

Royal decree no. 33

Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Sergeant
Unit:: N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1953
Awarded for:: Operation Plan Holland

"Has distinguished himself by acting courageously against the enemy as a secret intelligence agent who was send to the territory occupied by the enemy during the years 1940-1945, where under extremely difficult circumstances he had to perform a life-threatening task, which led to his death as the result of enemy counteraction."

Royal decree no. 33 (posthumously awarded)

Sources

- Oorlogsgravenstichting
- Dapperheidsonderscheidingen aan Nederlanders voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog