Date of birth:

September 24th, 1916 (Zutphen, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

May 12th, 1940 (Nijkerk, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Cemetery Grebbeberg
Row: 13. Grave: 36.

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Roelof Jan Scholten is buried on the Honor Cemetry Grebbeberg, Rhenen, the Netherlands.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korporaal (Corporal)

Unit:

Mitrailleur Escadron, 1e Regiment Huzaren, Wapen der Cavalerie

Awarded on:

May 6th, 1946

Citation:
"Has awarded himself by brave acting on May 11th 1940, when a section of the Machine Gun Squad found themselves under friendly fire, by voluntarely riding to the friendly troops against the line off fire and stopping the shooting; het was killed at Nijkerk on May 12th."

Royal Decree nr 2. dated May 6th 1946.
Awarded posthumous.

• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
• Photo: Wilco Vermeer, the Netherlands
• - MEIJER, H.G., Bronzen Leeuw, Bronzen Kruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1990.
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