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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Tonnet, Christiaan |
| Date of birth: | February 22nd, 1902 (The Hague, the Netherlands)
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| Date of death: |
November 14th, 1946 (Schiphol, the Netherlands)
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Dutch |
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BRONZEN KRUIS (BK)
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Rank:
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Kapitein (Captain)
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Unit:
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Wapen der Artillerie.
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Awarded on:
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August 16th, 1950
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VERZETSHERDENKINGSKRUIS (VHK)
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Awarded on:
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March 15th, 1984
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Details:
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The decoration was presente to the Luitenant-kolonel Tonnet Kazerne by Z.K.H. Prins Bernhard on 15th March 1984.
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LEGION OF MERIT - LEGIONNAIRE (LOM)
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Rank:
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ltn-kolonel - commandant sectie G-3.
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Unit:
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Wapen der Cavalerie
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Awarded on:
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January 23rd, 1948
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Action:
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For:outstanding work by the manner in which he helped to make available to Allied Armies a number of trained Netherlands light infantry battalions which played a significant part in the final operations leading to the defeat of the enemy.
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Details:
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General Orders no.6 van 23 jan. 1948 (posthume)
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| Information source(s): |
- Heuvel C.C. van den, Gedenkboek Verzetsherdenkingskruis, Samsom Uitgeverij, 1985
- Maalderink P.G.H., De Militaire Wilemsorde sedert 1940, Sijthoff Pers, Rijswijk, 1982
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