- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Dienstplichtig Sergeant (Enlisted Sergeant)
- Unit:
- N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
- Awarded on:
- May 2nd, 1953
- Awarded for:
- Operation Plan Holland
Recommendation:
He has distinguished himself in the face of the enemy as an agent of a secret intelligence group that had dispatched him in the years between 1940 and 1945 to enemy held territory where he had to perform a life threatening task under extremely trying circumstances, ultimately leading to his death by enemy counter-action.
Royal decree no. 22