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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 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
      • March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
      • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
      • April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
      • June 19 » Benito Mussolini, at the time a radical Socialist, is arrested by Bern police for advocating a violent general strike.
      • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.

    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.
      • January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
      • April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
      • May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
      • May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
      • May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
      • June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.

    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 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
      • February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
      • May 8 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea comes to an end with Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attacking and sinking the United States Navy aircraft carrier USSLexington.
      • May 31 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia.
      • June 22 » World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.
      • November 15 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
    

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