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Barendsen, Jan Jozua

Date of birth:
September 11th, 1882 (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
Date of death:
October 2nd, 1944 (Apeldoorn, the Netherlands)
Buried on:
Dutch Field of Honour Loenen
Plot: A. Grave: 1013.
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

For his work in Soemba between 1910 and 1916, the then Luitenant-kolonel of the Dutch East Indian army (KNIL) was decorated with the Knight 4th Class Militaire Willemsorde.
During the Second World War he served in the resistance with the Ordedienst (armed resistance).
On 8th August 1942 he was imprisoned in the hostage camp St. Michielsgestel, but was released on 15th December. He then becam the Commander of the Distirct 6 (Veluwe) of the Ordedienst. Together with fourteen other people he was arrested on 30th September 1944 as result of the refusel of many people to work on military objects on behalf of the German occupier on 29th September 1944. Barendsen was, together with seven others, executed on 2nd October 1944 at the vacinity of the abandoned Jewish mentally disabled clinic "Het Apeldoornse Bos".

Promotions:
1905: 2e Luitenant
1918 Kapitein
1927 Majoor
1929: Luitenant-Kolonel

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

With clasps for:
- "Midden Sumatra 1903-1907"
- "Timor 1911-1917"
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Rank:
Eerste Luitenant der Infanterie (1st Lieutenant of Infantry)
Awarded on:
July 13th, 1916

For his courageous conduct on Soemba 1910-1914.
Ridder vierde klasse der Militaire Willems Orde (MWO.4)
Awarded on:
April 1931
Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.4)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Gepensioneerde Luitenant-Kolonel KNIL
Unit:
Commandant District 6 (Veluwe), Ordedienst (OD), Nederlands Verzet
Awarded on:
July 25th, 1952

Royal Decree No. 58
Awarded posthumously.
Verzetskruis 1940-1945 (VKN)

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