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Personal data Ferdinand/ Ferdinandus Kessing 

  • He was born on July 3, 1907 in Soerabaja.Source 1
  • Fact: (POW) .Source 2
    DoR: Mevr E.E. Kessing Gatzen, Stationsweg 19 Djokjakarta

    Transferred to Tokyo Camp on 1 December 1943, No. 9 Dispatched Camp; Died of third degree burn on the head, neck, back and limbs at 6:10 on 28 November 1944. Cremation; Injured [Injured][Fell ill] on 14 November 1944; Place of Death: Hospital annex to Tokyo POW Camp at 3, Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ward, Tokyo; Place ashes were kept: No.9 Dispatched Camp of Tokyo POW Camp; His ashes were handed over to LT. BRYAN James, the Quartermaster Corps of the US 8th Army at Main Camp of Tokyo POW Camp on 10 September, 1945;
  • He died on November 28, 1944 in Tokio, Japan, he was 37 years old.Source 3
    Oorzaak: third degree burn on the head, neck, back and limbs
  • A child of Arie Gerrit Willem Kessing and Anthonetta Frederika Carolina Versteegh
  • This information was last updated on January 16, 2025.

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1907-1944


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Sources

  1. RA1908/58
  2. https://www.openarchieven.nl/ghn:8d42cdb6-2480-4023-bbdb-859e26e3db37
  3. aktenr8775, filmnt1603554

Historical events

Birthday July 3, 1907

  • The temperature on July 3, 1907 was between 2.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
    • July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
    • July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
    • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
    • December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

Day of death November 28, 1944

  • The temperature on November 28, 1944 was between 2.6 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 8.9 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 1944: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
    • February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
    • March 19 » World War II: The German army occupies Hungary.
    • April 10 » Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
    • April 24 » World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece.
    • November 21 » World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
    • November 24 » World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.


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