Family tree Van Rijn » Johannes Maria van Wolferen (1916-1940)
Personal data Johannes Maria van Wolferen
- He was born on October 4, 1916 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland.Source 1
- Profession: bij overlijden: militair , Militair onderdeel 14e afdeling van het 8ste bataljon Luchtdoel Artillerie te Nieuwer-Amstel.
- He died on May 14, 1940 in Bovenkerk, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland, he was 23 years old.
Toen in 1939 de mobilisatie uitbrak had defensie besloten, dat op het weiland achter een boerderij een luchtdoelbatterij moest komen voor bescherming van Schiphol als een oorlog uit zou breken. En zo kwamen er drie stukken geschut op het land te staan en zorgden 110 soldaten voor een invasie in Bovenkerk, die voorlopig op de zolders van de boerderij en de stallen moesten verblijven tot dat er aan de overkant van de weg barakken waren gebouwd.
Toen op 10 mei 1940 in de vroege morgen de oorlog uitbrak en Schiphol werd gebombardeerd, bleek dat de stukken geschut daar onbeschermd stonden, en blijkt uit verhalen van bewoners van de Dignahoeve, dat ze met een aantal jongens uit de buurt op een legerwagen naar het in aanlegzijnde Amsterdamse bos gingen om zakken met zand te vullen die om de stukken geschut werden gelegd.
De soldaten weerden zich zodanig, dat de Duitsers het nodig vonden om op 14 mei met drie vliegtuigen de batterij te bombarderen om deze uit te schakelen. Dit is niet gelukt daar de bommen op nabijgelegen gebouwen en woonhuizen terecht kwamen, waarbij drie soldaten en een vrouw om het leven kwamen en enkele soldaten gewond.
Zijn naam komt voor op een plaquette in de Augustinuskerk in Amsterdam
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- A child of Jan van Wolferen and Martha Catharina Serrarens
- This information was last updated on February 2, 2018.
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Birthday October 4, 1916
- The temperature on October 4, 1916 was between 12.9 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
- January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
- January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
- May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
- June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
- June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
- August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
Day of death May 14, 1940
- The temperature on May 14, 1940 was between 4.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
- In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
- March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
- March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
- May 27 » World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive.
- September 18 » World War II: The British liner SSCity of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
- October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
- October 28 » Second World War: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later.
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