Date of birth:

May 2nd, 1914 (Utrecht, the Nertherlands)

Date of death:

May 14th, 1940 (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

Buried on:

Dutch War Graves St. Barbara

Nationality:

Dutch

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

1e Luitenant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

IVe Bataljon, 15e Regiment Infanterie, 2e Divisie, Koninklijke Landmacht

Awarded on:

May 9th, 1946

Awarded for:

Operation Fall Gelb

"Has shown great courage as a section commander in the battle at the water supply in Rotterdam on May 14, 1940 and has been killed during that time."

Posthumously awarded

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• - Hendrikus Theodorus Maria Koenders
  - Hendrikus Theodorus Maria Koenders [Zuidfront Holland - Mei 1940]
  

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