Schendel, van, Antonius Siméon Marie

Date of birth:: August 16th, 1894 (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: August 9th, 1958 (Den Haag, The Netherlands)
Buried on:: Dutch Field of Honour Loenen
Plot: E. Grave: 1001.
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

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King's Medal for courage in the cause of Freedom

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Radiogroep Noord, Ordedienst (OD), Nederlands Verzet
Awarded on:: August 9th, 1948

Bronzen Leeuw (BL)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: Radiogroep Noord, Ordedienst (OD), Nederlands Verzet
Awarded on:: September 11th, 1952

Recommendation:
He has distinguished himself by exceptionnally courageous and tactful actions as chief radio operator of an importnt intelligence and resistance group in areas occupied by the enemy in the years 1942 and 1943. He traveled all across the country in order to set up a number of transmitting stations and recruiting and training the necessary personnel. In the spring of 1943 he managed to make contact with the Bureau Inlichtingen (Intelligence Office) in London with a transmittor that had been smuggled in, maintaining regular radio traffic over a period of 4 months, handling a sizable number of telegrams himself.
He was arrested after having been betrayed and was sentenced to death in 1944; however, he returned afthe the liberation as the sentence had not been executed.

Royal decree no. 13

Sources

- Oorlogsgravenstichting
- Dapperheidsonderscheidingen aan Nederlanders voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog