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Tonnet, Christiaan

Date of birth:
February 22nd, 1902 (The Hague, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
November 14th, 1946 (Schiphol, the Netherlands)
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Tijdelijk Luitetenant-Kolonel.
Unit:
Wapen der Artillerie
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1950

Royal decree no.16 Posthume
Ridder vierde klasse der Militaire Willems Orde (MWO.4)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Kapitein (Captain)
Unit:
Wapen der Artillerie.
Awarded on:
August 16th, 1950
Bronzen Kruis (BK)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1984

The decoration was presente to the Luitenant-kolonel Tonnet Kazerne by Z.K.H. Prins Bernhard on 15th March 1984.
Verzetsherdenkingskruis (VHK)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
ltn-kolonel - commandant sectie G-3.
Unit:
Wapen der Cavalerie
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1948
For:outstanding work by the manner in which he helped to make available to Allied Armies a number of trained Netherlands light infantry battalions which played a significant part in the final operations leading to the defeat of the enemy.

General Orders no.6 van 23 jan. 1948 (posthume)
Legion of Merit - Legionnaire (LoM)

Sources

  • - Heuvel C.C. van den, Gedenkboek Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985
    - Maalderink P.G.H., De Militaire Wilemsorde sedert 1940, Sijthoff Pers, Rijswijk, 1982