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Sjef wordt geboren op 13 mei 1904 in Reusel. Als in de loop van 1939-1940 de oorlogsdreiging in Nederland sterk toeneemt, wordt hij onder de wapenen geroepen bij de Koninklijke Landmacht. Als soldaat van de motorcompagnie van II-26 Regiment Infanterie wordt Sjef begin mei 1940 gelegerd aan de Maaslinie, in het vak Sint Agatha.

Op 10 mei 1940 valt het Duitse leger Nederland binnen en komt het bij Mook direct tot hevige gevechten. Omdat de Nederlandse troepen de spoorbrug daar hebben opgeblazen, wordt Sjefs vak zwaar onder vuur genomen. Tijdens bevoorrading raakt Sjef bij een artilleriebeschieting lichtgewond en wordt behandeld in kazemat S-91. De Duitsers breken door en Sjef wordt met de andere aanwezige Nederlandse militairen krijgsgevangen genomen. Gezamenlijk worden ze op transport gezet naar het krijgsgevangenenkamp Neubrandenburg ten noorden van Berlijn. Als gevolg van de ongezonde omstandigheden in het kamp loopt Sjef tuberculose op.

Na de capitulatie van Nederland op 15 mei 1940 worden de Nederlandse krijgsgevangenen weer vrijgelaten en naar Nederland teruggevoerd. Sjef kan terugkeren naar huis in Reusel, maar in de daaropvolgende maanden verslechtert zijn gezondheid snel. Op 14 juli 1940 overlijdt hij aan de tuberculose die hij tijdens krijgsgevangenschap had opgelopen. Sjef is 36 jaar geworden. Tot de ruiming van zijn graf heeft hij zijn rustplaats thuis in Reusel gehad.


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Josephus Lavrijssen
1837-1911
Anna Lavrijsen
1841-1894

Joseph Adrianus Lavrijssen
1904-1940

Joseph Adrianus Lavrijssen


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Birthday May 13, 1904

  • The temperature on May 13, 1904 was between 9.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1904: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
    • January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
    • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
    • April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
    • May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
    • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
    • October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.

Day of death July 14, 1940

  • The temperature on July 14, 1940 was between 9.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
    • January 19 » You Nazty Spy!, the first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.
    • February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
    • May 10 » World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg.
    • August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
    • September 29 » Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
    • October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.


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