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Personal data Johannes Wilhelmus Stoopen 


Household of Johannes Wilhelmus Stoopen

He is married to Francijna Francisca Cools.

They got married on February 28, 1939 at Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, he was 23 years old.


Notes about Johannes Wilhelmus Stoopen

28-2-1939: zoon van Michael Dionijsius Stoopen, geb.Tilburg ca 1889, en Petronella Maria Tabbers, geb. Tilburg ca 1889
Johannes Stoopen
1916 - 1945
Johannes wordt geboren op 8 februari 1916 in Tilburg. Hij tekent voor militaire dienst bij het KNIL en vertrekt naar Nederlands-Indië.
Op 8 december 1941, een dag na de aanval op Pearl Harbor, verklaart de Nederlandse regering vanuit Londen Japan de oorlog. De Japanners grijpen dit aan om Nederlands-Indië direct binnen te vallen. Een verrassing is dit niet. Vanwege zijn natuurlijke oliebronnen en geostrategische ligging hebben de Japanners de Nederlandse kolonie al langer op het oog als een van de belangrijkste doelen om Oost-Azië te overheersen. Tegen deze achtergrond wordt Johannes als sergeant der infanterie ingezet voor de verdediging van de kolonie.
Na een veldtocht van drie maanden hebben de Japanners de belangrijkste strategische punten in de archipel ingenomen. Het slecht voorbereide KNIL, ernstig gehinderd door besluiteloosheid aan de top, maakt geen schijn van kans en capituleert op 8 maart 1942 in Bandoeng. Johannes wordt rond deze tijd gevangen genomen en samen met duizenden andere Nederlandse militairen afgevoerd. Hij komt terecht in een van de Japanse kampen van Makassar op Celebes.
De ontberingen van krijgsgevangenschap worden Johannes uiteindelijk te veel. Hij bezwijkt op 13 januari 1945 in Makassar aan de gevolgen van uitputting, mishandeling en verwaarlozing. Johannes is 28 jaar geworden en vindt zijn laatste rustplaats op het Nederlands ereveld Candi in Semarang.


Second World War victim


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Historical events

Birthday February 8, 1916

  • The temperature on February 8, 1916 was between 1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
    • April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
    • June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
    • July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
    • July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
    • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

Day of death January 13, 1945

  • The temperature on January 13, 1945 was between -2.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
    • February 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
    • February 21 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USSBismarck Sea and damage the USSSaratoga.
    • March 26 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
    • May 11 » World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USSBunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes.
    • August 17 » Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
    • November 1 » The official North Korean newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, is first published under the name Chongro.


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