Kist, Jan Christiaan "Hocky"

Date of birth:: September 22nd, 1913 (Leiden, the Netherlands)
Date of death:: January 31st, 1943 (Rawitsch, Germany)
Mentioned on:: Dutch Field of Honour Loenen
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

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Kruis van Verdienste (KV)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Res. 1e luitenant der artillerie (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: October 1st, 1942

Recommendation:
For having prepared his escape with great tact from enemy occupied Holland having executed his escape and voyage to England courageously and tactfully in a situation of great danger due to enemy action.

Royal Decree no. 4

Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Res. 1e luitenant der artillerie (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1953

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 death defying task under extremely trying circumstances, ultimately leading to his death by enemy counter-action.

Royal Decree no. 33 (Posthumously awarded)