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Personal data Johan Hendrik Wilhelm de Rochemont 

  • He was born on August 21, 1903 in Sitoebondo.
  • Profession: kNIL.Source 1
    Militaire loopbaan: 18-09-1922: cadet voor het
    wapen der Infanterie in Nederlands-lndië, 21-12-1922: Korporaal der Infanterie in Nederiands-lndië. Is ingeschreven voor den
    diensplicht voor de lichting van het jaar 1923 voor de gemeente Voorschoten onder nr. 49. 19-03-1923: ter inlijving als
    gewoon diensplichtig bestemd, loting nr. 2 en als zodanig toegewezen aan het 4e Regiment Infanterie, 30-06-1923: Sergeant
    titulair der Infanterie in Nederlands-lndië, 31-08-1923: Sergeant, 30-07-1925: benoemd bij KB. No. 48 tot 2e luitenant bij het
    wapen der Infanterie van het leger in Nederlands-lndië en boven de sterkte van de koloniale reserve, 19-09-1925: naar Oost-
    Indië vertrokken, 1930: 1e luitenant Infanterie te Ambon, later Kapitein bij de Generale staf van het Koninklijk Nederlands
    Indisch Leger. 30-09-1937: gedetacheerd bij de hogere krijgsschool te 's-Gravenhage. Op 15 augustus 1950 werd hem
    postuum de "Verzetsster Oost Azië 1942 • 1945" door Koningin Juliana toegekend. Over zijn lotgevallen die hebben geleid tot
    zijn fusillering tijdens de Japanse Krijgsgevangenschap volgt hiernaast een afschrift.
  • He died on December 13, 1942 in Thambuyzayat, Birma, he was 39 years old.Source 2
    Oorzaak: Gefusilleerd
  • A child of Jean Frederic Theodore de Rochemont and Johanna Hendrika Wilhelmina de Klerk
  • This information was last updated on January 27, 2024.

Household of Johan Hendrik Wilhelm de Rochemont

He is married to Sophie Ketjen.

They got married on April 23, 1927 at Malang, he was 23 years old.Source 3


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    2. Gen De Rochemont
    3. Gen De Rochemont/137;https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/106936132

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    Birthday August 21, 1903

    • The temperature on August 21, 1903 was between 10.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). 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 1903: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
      • January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
      • January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
      • June 16 » Roald Amundsen leaves Oslo, Norway, to commence the first east–west navigation of the Northwest Passage.
      • August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
      • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
      • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.

    Day of marriage April 23, 1927

    • The temperature on April 23, 1927 was between 5.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
      • March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
      • March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
      • April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
      • May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
      • June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
      • December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

    Day of death December 13, 1942

    • The temperature on December 13, 1942 was between 4.5 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • January 12 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
      • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
      • April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
      • May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
      • July 16 » Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
      • December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.
    

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