Punt, Laurentius Maria

Date of birth:: October 13th, 1918 (Alkmaar, The Netherlands)
Date of death:: September 7th, 1944 (KZ Mauthausen, Austria)
Buried on:: Memorial and Grave Victims Englandspiel
Nationality:: Dutch

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Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: February 25th, 1943

Bronzen Kruis (BK)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Sergeant-capitulant van het Wapen der Infanterie
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)

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- Dapperheidsonderscheidingen aan Nederlanders voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog

Punt, Laurentius Maria

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