Berenschot, Gerardus Johannes

Date of birth:: July 24th, 1887 (Solok/Sumatra, Dutch East Indies)
Date of death:: October 13th, 1941 (Batavia/Java, Dutch East Indies)
Buried on:: Dutch War Cemetery Pandu
Plot: V. Row: 501. Grave: AH.
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

Gerardus Johannes Berenschot was born on July 24th, 1887 as the son to Luitenant-kolonel Gerrit Hendrik Berenschot and Florence Mildred Rappa. He married on July 8th, 1908 to Margaretha Catharina de Boer. The couple had a son and two daughters. Berenschot flew on October 12th, 1941 in a Lockheed aircraft of the het ML-KNIL to Batavia for a conference with the British Supreme commander Robert Brooke-Popham. On October 13th he returned to Bandoeng. After five minutes flight, the aircraft crashed, killing all occupands. Berenschot was buried at the Pandoe cemetery in Bandoeng.

Promotions:
?: Cadet-sergeant;
August 19th, 1907: 2e Luitenant der Infanterie KNIL;
June1911: 1e Luitenant der Infanterie KNIL;
December 1922: Kapitein;
September 1928: Majoor;
February 1931: Luitenant-kolonel;
February 2nd, 1933: Kolonel;
June 11th, 1935: Generaal-majoor.

Career:
?: HBS Winterwijk;
?: Cadettenschool Alkmaar;
?: Koninklijke Militaire Academie Breda;
1907: Koloniale Reserve;
1908: 1e Bataljon (KNIL)
December 1908: Garnizoensbataljon Celebes, Menado en Timor;
?: 9e Bataljon (KNIL);
?: 8e Bataljon (KNIL);
January 1910: 3e Bataljon Infanterie (KNIL);
?: 5e Divisie;
October 1913: 2e Divisie, Korps Marechaussee te voet;
July 1914: on leave Nederland;
January 1915: 10e Bataljon KNIL;
March 1915: 9e Bataljon KNIL;
January 1916: 20e Bataljon KNIL;
1912 - 1917: on leave Nederland;
1919: Hogere Krijgsschool Den Haag;
December 1922: hoofdbureau van de generale staf / subsitentenkader, Bandoeng;
April 1923: Veldartillerie Tjimahi;
December 1924: Leraar, Hogere Krijgsschool Den Haag;
February 1931: Commandant 4e Bataljon KNIL;
September 1932: Commandant 6e Regiment Infanterie KNIL;
May 1934: waarnemend chef Generale Staf;
June 1934: Hoofd 7e Afdeling A, Departement van Oorlog / Inspecteur Militaire Luchtvaart;
July 26th, 1939 - October 13th, 1941: Commandant Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger;