Kruijff, de, Arie Johannes

Special Operations Executive (SOE)

Date of birth:: November 6th, 1912 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: September 7th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen)
Buried on:: Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

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Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Tijdelijk aangesteld dienstplichtig sergeant
Unit:: N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1953
Awarded for:: Operation Plan Holland

"Has distinguished himself by acting courageously against the enemy as a secret intelligence agent who was send to the territory occupied by the enemy during the years 1940-1945, where under extremely difficult circumstances he had to perform a life-threatening task, which led to his death as the result of enemy counteraction. "

Royal decree no. 33 (posthumously awarded)