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Personal data Frans Eduard Drenth 

  • He was born on July 27, 1923 in Cheribon, JA, IDN.
  • Profession: on August 7, 1945 Soldaat, KNIL Netherlands Army en Indisch Verzet.
  • He died on August 7, 1945 in The Burma Railway at Songkrai, Burma, he was 22 years old.

    Oorlogsslachtoffer, werd gedwongen om, onder barre omstandigheden, te werken aan de bouw van de Birma-spoorlijn. Hij leed aan extreme ontberingen door slechte rantsoenen, ziekte en brute behandeling. (brug over the Kwai rivier)

    Oorzaak: Oorlogsslachtoffer
  • He is buried in Thanbyayat Oorlogsbegrafplaats, Myamar, GR, Burma.
    Plaats: Perceel D1 Rij A Graf 14.
  • A child of Pieter Drenth and Sophia Rompas

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Frans Eduard Drenth

Teunis Jan Drenth
1835-< 1899
Anna Jager
1845-????
Pieter Drenth
1879-1950
Sophia Rompas
1885-1941

Frans Eduard Drenth
1923-1945


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Birthday July 27, 1923

  • The temperature on July 27, 1923 was between 7.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
    • June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
    • September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
    • September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
    • September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
    • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
    • November 9 » In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.

Day of death August 7, 1945

  • The temperature on August 7, 1945 was between 7.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 5 » The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland.
    • July 26 » World War II: HMSVestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
    • September 7 » World War II: Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
    • September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
    • November 29 » The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
    • 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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