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Colijn, Hendrikus

Date of birth:
June 22nd, 1869 (Burgerveen/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 18th, 1944 (Ilmenau/Thuringia, Germany)
Buried on:
Dutch War Graves Den Haag
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

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Rank:
2e Luitenant (Second Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1895

Royal Decree no. 36 dated 9 April, 1895
Ridder vierde klasse der Militaire Willems Orde (MWO.4)
Awarded on:
July 13th, 1900
Atjeh - Tapa Toean during July 1st, 1899 until December 31st, 1899

Royal Decree No. 29, July 13th, 1900.
No. 78
Eresabel
Awarded on:
September 30th, 1903
Atjeh, second act 1902, hunt for Panglima Polem.

Royal Decree No. 56, September 30th, 1903.
386th Award.
Ridder derde klasse der Militaire Willems Orde (MWO.3)

Awarded with clasps ‘Atjeh 1873-1896, ‘Atjeh 1896-1900’ and ‘Atjeh 1901-1905’
Ereteken voor Belangrijke Krijgsbedrijven
Lombokkruis
Magyar Érdemrend Tisztikeresztje
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Cavaler
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

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