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Personal data Johannes "Johan" Beers 

  • Nickname is Johan.
  • He was born on March 31, 1896 in Bontain (Sulawesi) Ned-Indië.
  • He died on April 15, 1945 in Tokio Sendai 1 (Japan), he was 49 years old.
  • The birth parents are Hendrik Beers and (Maritja)
  • This information was last updated on February 10, 2018.

Household of Johannes "Johan" Beers

He is married to Elize Antoinette Bax.

They got married on December 12, 1922 at Soerabaja Ned. Indië, he was 26 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Johanna Elize Beers  1922-1976 
  2. Emiel Beers  ± 1924-1924
  3. Hendrik Beers  1925-1925
  4. Wilhelmina Beers  1927-1993
  7. (Not public)
  9. Anthoinette Beers  1939-2012


Notes about Johannes "Johan" Beers

Johannes Beers was in het begin van zijn loopbaan werkzaam bij de Politie. Hij heeft toen een fout gemaakt, wat is niet terug te vinden tot nu toe.

Daarna was hij werkzaam op het postkantoor.

Na de inval van de Jappen in nacht van 10 op11 januarie 1942 capatuleerde Nederands Indië op 8 maart 1942.

In de maanden na de capatulatie werden de Nederlandse Indiërs te werk gesteld als slavenarbeiders in het land zelf en daar buiten.

Johannes Beers werd te werkgesteld aan de beruchte Burma-spoorlijn.
Nadat de slavenarbeid daar klaar was werd hij tewerk gesteld in een fabriek in Japan waar hij later overleed in een hospitaal aan maagvliesonsteking op 15 april 1945.

Johannes Beers, geboren op 31 maart 1896
Opmerking
Nationality: Netherlands (?)
Rank: (??? ?? ???)
Stamboeknummer: 2796
Place of capture: ????????; Buitenzorg
Date of capture: 17/03/08; 1942/03/08
Occupation: (??????; transcriber of legal department)
Remarks: 82014
Camp and transfer date 1: ?? 17/08/15[06/23]; Java POW Camp 1942/08/15[06/23]
Camp and transfer date 2: ??; Tokyo POW Camp
Camp and transfer date 3: ??; Sendai POW Camp
Camp Branch Name and Reg No. 1: ?I (?????????1??) 21305; No.1 Branch Camp of Java POW Camp 21305
Camp Branch Name and Reg No. 2: ?VI (????????6??) 55; No.6 Branch Camp of Tokyo POW Camp 55
Camp Branch Name and Reg No. 3: ?? (????????4???) 1827; No.4 Dispatched Camp of Tokyo POW Camp 1827
Camp Branch Name and Reg No. 4: ?I (????????1??) 47; No.1 Branch Camp of Sendai POW Camp 47
Other info 1: Transferred to No.6 Branch Camp of Tokyo POW Camp on 16 April 1943; Transferred to Sendai POW Camp on 14 April 1945; Died of pleurisy at 4:05pm on 22 May 1945 Cremation; pleurisy. Cremation; Fell ill on 27 September 1944; Place of death: hospital attached to Tokyo POW Camp 3-chome, Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Place ashes were kept: No.1 Branch Camp of Sendai POW Camp in Yumoto-cho, Ishiiki-gun, Fukushima prefecture; His ashes were handed over to Capt. UNDERWOOD at Yumoto-cho, Fukushima prefecture on 9 September 1945; End; (??18?4?16? ????????6??????; ??20?4?14? ?????????; ??20?5?22? ??4?05? ????????(?); pleurisy ?; ??19?9?27? ??; ????: ????????3?? ???????????; ?????: ?????????????????1??; ??20?9?9? ??????????Capt. UNDERWOOD?????; ?; )
Other info 3: ???; Yamashita(seal)
Serial Number: ????48; Serial number 48
Center Top Red Letters: 1??; No1 Branch Camp

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    Historical events

    Birthday March 31, 1896

    • The temperature on March 31, 1896 was about 2.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
      • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
      • August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
      • November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
      • December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
      • December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

    Day of marriage December 12, 1922

    • The temperature on December 12, 1922 was between 2.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
      • February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
      • October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
      • October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
      • November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
      • November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
      • December 27 » Japanese aircraft carrierHōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

    Day of death April 15, 1945

    • The temperature on April 15, 1945 was between 9.4 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. 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 3 » World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
      • March 22 » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
      • April 26 » World War II: Battle of Bautzen: Last successful German tank-offensive of the war and last noteworthy victory of the Wehrmacht.
      • May 6 » World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
      • July 17 » World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
      • August 18 » Sukarno takes office as the first president of Indonesia, following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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