Date of birth:

August 13th, 1920 (Pernis/Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands)

Service number:

390213

Nationality:

Dutch

Teunis Kooij was born on August 13th, 1920 as the son to Arij Kooij and Jacoba Kooij-Guijt. On February 18th, 1942 in Batavia he married Rudolfina Hafeld. The couple devorced on November 8th, 1948 and Teunis Kooij remarried February 1st, 1950 in Schiedam with Lijntje Maria den Ouden.

Promotions:
February 2nd, 1939: Kanonnier 2e Klasse;
July 28th, 1946: Soldaat 1e Klasse;
July 24th, 1947: Korporaal (tijdelijk);
November 13th, 1948: Korporaal;
December 17th, 1949: Sergeant (titulair).

Career:
February 2nd, 1939: admitted for entering service KNIL/Landmacht;
July 26th, 1939: m.s. Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (on sail tot he Dutch East Indies);
March 8th, 1942: Japanese POW;
August 15th, 1945: liberated in Siam;
1945 - 1950: KNIL;
March 20th, 1948: m.s. Grote Beer (on sail to the Netherlands);
August 4th, 1948: m.s. Sibajak (on sail to the Dutch East Indies);
July 26th, 1950: Koninklijke Landmacht;
September 1st, 1950: m.s. Fair Sea (onderweg naar Nederland).

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