Date of birth:

June 18th, 1907 (Deventer/Overijssel, Netherlands)

Date of death:

March 3rd, 1945 (The Hague/South Holland, Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

Rang/eenheid:

Luitenant ter zee der 2e klasse der K.M.R. in Rivierkanonneerboot Hr.Ms. Freyr

Lieutenant Commander of the 2nd Class Royal Navy

Ouwerkerk was employed by the KPM as a second mate. In the May days of 1940 he was commander of HNLMS. Freyer, a Royal Navy river gunboat stationed in Amsterdam. On May 14, the crew sank the Freyer on the IJ.
As a civilian, Ouwerkerk lost his life on March 3, 1945 during the bombing of The Hague.

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• - POLDERMAN, K. & RUITER, H. DE, IN MEMORIAM, VOK, Amsterdam, 2020.
  - Archief Ton van den Hurk
  - Barthelomeus Isaak Mattheus Wilhelmus Ouwerkerk | Oorlogsgravenstichting
  

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