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Personal data Carl Willem Berens 

  • He was born on January 30, 1902 in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.
  • Profession: .
    Soldaat
    Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945, Den Haag
  • Record.
    (Custom event) op 6 augustus 1945 in Songkrai, Myanmar (Birma): Carl is in WO II door de Jappen als POW, hij was sld infanterie KNIL, in Birma te werk gesteld aan de beruchte spoorweg (River Kwai). Hier is hij overleden. Hij ligt begraven op het ereveld Thanbyzayat War Cementry Vak D! Rij A nr. 20.
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  • He died on August 6, 1945 in Songkurai (Thailand), he was 43 years old.
  • A child of Ludwig Jan Coop Berens and Johanna Petronella Clasina Gentenaar
  • This information was last updated on October 4, 2022.

Household of Carl Willem Berens

(1) He is married to Carolina Manneveld.

They got married in the year 1923, he was 20 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Ludwina Berens  1926-1926


(2) He is married to Dorothea Barend.

They got married in the year 1930, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):



Second World War victim


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Birthday January 30, 1902

  • The temperature on January 30, 1902 was between -3.5 and 3.3 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (85%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
    • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
    • May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
    • November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.

Day of death August 6, 1945

  • The temperature on August 6, 1945 was between 9.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
    • March 16 » Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.
    • August 2 » World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
    • August 6 » World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
    • October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
    • December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)


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