My grand father was a Schutterij, Stamboeknummer 4052
MAAGD, Dirk Adriaan Cornelis de
Sergeant major, torpedo specialist, Koninklijke Marine
Tholen (Netherlands), 5 September 1894
Aruba, 17 February 1942
Died when beached torpedo of German submarine U-156 exploded during recovery operation, at Eagle Beach (Aruba)
Buried Oranjestad, Aruba. In 1999 transferred to Netherlands War Cemetery Loenen, Apeldoorn (Netherlands).