Eerde, van, Egbert George
- Date of birth:
- December 2nd, 1898 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
- Date of death:
- October 26th, 1969 (Bloemendaal/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)
- Nationality:
- Dutch
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Bronzen Kruis (BK)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- m.v. Macoma (MX), Petroleummaatschappij La Corona, Shell
- Awarded on:
- July 27th, 1944
"who, as captain of the m.s. " Macoma‘, sailing in convoy in the Mediterranean Sea, on 21 October 1943, during an air raid by enemy torpedo planes, acted courageously and judiciously, as a result of which the attacks by the aircraft could be repeatedly thwarted by rapid and accurate defensive fire, partly as a result of which the ship and its cargo were preserved."
RD 27-07-1944 No. 3
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE, Civil Division)
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