Haas, de, Joannes Henricus Marie

Date of birth:: February 7th, 1918 ('s-Gravenhage, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: September 6th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen, Austria)
Buried on:: Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:: Dutch

Biography

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Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Vaandrig van de Korps Motordienst
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1953

"In time of war, during the years 1940-1945, escaped at risk of death from the occupied Netherlands and came directly to ENGLAND with the aim of dedicating himself to the service of Dutch warfare."

Royal decree no. 33

Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Vaandrig van de Korps Motordienst
Unit:: N Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: May 2nd, 1953

"He has distinguished himself as a member of a secret intelligence agency that has dispatched him in the years between 1940 and 1945 to enemy held territory where he had to perform life threatening actions under extremely trying circumstances that ultimately led to his death by enemy counter-action."

Royal decree no. 33 (posthumously awarded) - 2nd award

Sources

- http://www.onderscheidingen.nl/