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Ploos van Amstel, Elisa

Date of birth:
March 29th, 1896 (Wons, The Netherlands)
Date of death:
September 23rd, 1944 (Antjol, Dutch Indies)
Buried on:
Dutch War Cemetery Ancol
Plot: III. Grave: 188/1.
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Jhr. Elisa Ploos van Amstel lived in Batavia (N.I.). Son of Gerardus Ploos van Amstel (preacher) and Anna Anna Catharina Schut. Married on 27 June 1919 in Weltevreden (N.I.) Maria Cornelia Floor (17 April 1898 Berkel-Rodenrijs - 7 October 1974 Hilversum). Firmant Handelsfirma Tiedeman & Van Kerchem/President of the Supervisory Board NV. Assurantiemaatschappij Nederlanden van 1845/supervisor NV Levensverzekeringsmij. Nillmij van 1859/Commissioner Dutch Indian Escomptobank. Reformed. Member resistance. He was executed (beheaded) by the Japanese Kempeitai (secret military police). Father of 1 daughter.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1946

Royal decree no. 10. Posthumously awarded
Verzetsster Oost-Azië 1942-1945 (VOA)

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