PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Schoonman, Geert
Date of birth: August 31st, 1917 (Wormerveer, the Netherlands)
Date of death:  October 12th, 1944 (Twente Airfield, the Netherlands)
Buried on:  Dutch Field of Honour Loenen
Plot: C.  Grave: 241.
Nationality:  Dutch
BIOGRAPHY: 
During the fightings in May 1940 Geert Schoonman was Sergeant-capitulant with the Genietroepen (Dutch Engineers). He was executed at Twente Airfield for resistance activities on 12th October 1944.
     
VERZETSKRUIS 1940-1945 (VKN)
Rank: Verzetstrijder (Resistance fighter)
Awarded on: July 25th, 1952
Details: Royal Decree No. 58, dated 25th July 1952.
Awarded posthumously.
 
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Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection
Information source(s):   - Schulten dr. C.M., "Zeg mij aan wie ik toebehoor", Het verzetskruis 1940-1945, Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam, 1993
- The Dutch Medals Page
- Oorlogsgravenstichting
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