Genealogy Eikenboom » Josephus Bonfrère (1885-1944)

Personal data Josephus Bonfrère 

  • He was born on May 9, 1885 in Maastricht.
  • (Diensttijd) .
    Sld KNIL
  • He died on September 18, 1944 in Ind. Oceaan nabij Benkulen (Sumatra), he was 59 years old.
    Voor de oorlog was Josephus al gepensioneerd. Toen de oorlog uitbrak werd hij weer opgeroepen door de KNIL. Daarom is hij door de Japanners als militair geïnterneerd. Vanuit een jappenkamp werd hij in 1943 met de Junyo Maru getransporteerd naar Sumatra, om aan de Pakan Baroe spoorlijn tewerkgesteld te worden. Echter de Junyo Maru is nabij Benkulen (Sumatra) getorpedeerd door de Britse onderzeeboot de HMS Tradewind op 18 september 1944
    Zijn lichaam is nooit gevonden. (Op het Ereveld Leuwigajah te Cimahi staat een monument voor de gevallenen van de Junyo Maru)

    De Junyo Maru was een Japans vrachtschip, en was onderweg van Java naar Sumatra met naast de bemanning nog 2300 Amerikaanse, Australische Britse en 1100 Nederlandse krijgsgevangenen en 4200 Javaanse werkslaven (Romoesja's). Ze waren allen bestemd omaan de 220 kilometer lange Pekanbaru-spoorweg tussen Pekanbaru en Muaro te werken. Het is één van de grootste scheepsrampen in de geschiedenis, waarbij ongeveer 5600 opvarenden omkwamen
  • A child of William Bonfrère and Maria Gertruda Hollanders
  • This information was last updated on April 5, 2012.

Household of Josephus Bonfrère

He is married to Nentji.

They got married at Bandung (Indonesië).


Child(ren):

  1. Willemina Bonfrère  1917-2006


Second World War victim


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Josephus Bonfrère

Gabriel Bonfrère
1815-1851
Anna Catharina Eummelen
1807-????
Wilhelmus Hollanders
1825-1886
Anna Maria Halders
± 1822-1893

Josephus Bonfrère
1885-1944


Nentji
????-1958

Willemina Bonfrère
1917-2006

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    Historical events

    Birthday May 9, 1885

    • The temperature on May 9, 1885 was about 12.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 8 » The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.
      • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
      • March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
      • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
      • November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
      • December 28 » Indian National Congress, a political party of India, is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

    Day of death September 18, 1944

    • The temperature on September 18, 1944 was between 11.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • April 10 » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
      • June 5 » World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
      • June 9 » World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
      • July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
      • September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
      • October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
    

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