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Punt, Laurentius Maria

Date of birth:
October 13th, 1918 (Alkmaar, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 7th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen, Austria)
Buried on:
Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1943
Kruis van Verdienste (KV)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Sergeant-capitulant van het Wapen der Infanterie
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)
Bronzen Kruis (BK)

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