Date of birth:

February 18th, 1894 (Winterswijk/Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

August 11th, 1970 (Eindhoven/Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

Promotions:
December 3rd, 1913: Derde Stuurman voor de grote stoomvaart (Third Officer);
August 31st, 1915: Korporaal (Army);
November 23rd, 1915: Sergeant (Army);
June 24th, 1921: Tweede Stuurman (Second Officer);
1923: Eerste Stuurman (First Officer);
1939: Kapitein (Merchant Captain).

Career:
September 2nd, 1910: Amsterdamse zeevaartschool (Merchant School);
July 1912: Eindexamen Afdeling A;
November 30th, 1914: Military Service, 19e Regiment Infanterie;
August 1st, 1920: 13e Bataljon Landweer Infanterie;
June 26th, 1922: 11e Regiment Infanterie;
1923: Second Officer, s.s. Banka;
1931: Captain, s.s. Saleier;
1933: First Officer, s.s. Sembilan;
1937: Captain, s.s. Talisse;
August 1st, 1939: Captain, m.s. Tabian;
December 1939: Captain m.s. Tajandoen;
April 14th, 1940: Captain, s.s. Poelau Roebiah;
September 4th, 1941: Captain, s.s. Moena;
December 15th, 1942: Captain, m.s. Java;
September 8th, 1943: Captain, m.s. Tabian;
October 5th, 1943: Captain, m.s. Christiaan Huygens;
March 27th, 1944: Captain, m.s. Java;
December 26th, 1944: Captain, s.s. Tarakan;
1946: ?, s.s. Johan de Witt;
1946: Captain, m.s. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt;
1947: Captain, s.s. Rondo.

Johan Bernard Roeterink was born on February 18th, 1894, as the son to Gerrit Jan Roeterink (1861 - 1937) and Geertruida Stoltenborg (1865 - 1943). He married Margaretha Elisabeth ter Borg on November 22nd, 1918. The couple had four children.

Johan Bernard Roeterink was master in the Merchant Navy. He was torrpedoed in the English Channel on December 7th, 1939 by U 47 under the command of Günther Prien, when sailing with the Tajandoen of NV Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland (SMN). On August 24th, 1942 he once again was torpedoed, this time with Moena (SMN). Moena was torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean, 100 miles of the Island Barbados, by U 162 under command of Jürgen Wattenberg.
On September 6th, 1945, Captain Roeterink was the first Captain with a ship from SMN to return to the Netherlands, the Tarakan.

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• - Johan Bernard Roeterink (1894-????); Stamboom Steen; Genealogie Online
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