Family tree Smith » Francois Johan Adriaan Was (1910-1944)
Personal data Francois Johan Adriaan Was
- He was born on October 28, 1910 in Solo, Soerakarta.Source 1
- Profession: 2e luit der inf; https://www.openarch.nl/ghn:e6349a3a-3ad5-102d-ab92-005056a23d00.Source 2
rang bij huwelijk
- Resident from June 9, 1916 till May 29, 1917: Den Haag.Source 3
DoR: Echtgenote. p.a. J.v.d Welle, Malabarlaan 19 Bandoeng, Java.
- He died on March 19, 1944 in Canchanbury, Siam, he was 33 years old.Source 4
- A child of Francois Was and Anne Augustine Nolten
- This information was last updated on February 14, 2023.
Household of Francois Johan Adriaan Was
He is married to Wijnandine van de Hoeven.
They got married on August 29, 1932 at Den Haag, he was 21 years old.Source 2
Child(ren):
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Second World War victim
- He appears on the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- He is named on a Japanese internment card on Open Archives
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Relationship Francois Johan Adriaan Was
- Francois Johan Adriaan Was is the 3rd great grandson of Johan Christoffel Smith:
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Historical events
Birthday October 28, 1910
- The temperature on October 28, 1910 was between 3.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
- In the year 1910: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
- May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
- May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
- June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- July 15 » In his book Clinical Psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin gives a name to Alzheimer's disease, naming it after his colleague Alois Alzheimer.
- October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
- November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
Day of marriage August 29, 1932
- The temperature on August 29, 1932 was between 11.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
- January 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
- February 25 » Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
- June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
- July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
- October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
- November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Day of death March 19, 1944
- The temperature on March 19, 1944 was between 4.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
- March 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
- June 4 » World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
- September 25 » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
- November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
- November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
- December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
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