Family tree Veenstra, Dijkstra, Peperkamp and Van den Dobbelsteen » Joseph Karel Johan Maria Blersch (1914-1944)

Personal data Joseph Karel Johan Maria Blersch 

  • He was born on July 13, 1914 in 's Gravenhage.
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    oorlogsslachtoffer, overleden aan boord van HOFUKU MARU
    (September 21, 1944)
    Japanese transport carrying 1,289 prisoners-of-war en-route from Singapore to Japan was attacked and sunk by U.S. torpedo carrying bombers. Loaded with British and Dutch POWs, it stopped at Manila to unload the sick and dying. It sailed again in convoy and was attacked again when only three days out. It took only a few minutes for the ship to go down drowning around 1,047 men who were trapped in the holds. Less than 250 survived.
  • He died on September 21, 1944 in Ten westen van Luzon (Filipijnen), he was 30 years old.
  • This information was last updated on January 16, 2024.

Household of Joseph Karel Johan Maria Blersch

He is married to Neeltje Antje van Dort.

They got married after 1939.


Second World War victim


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