Dirk Jacobus Baaij (1906-1940) - Find a Grave Memorial

Dirk Jacobus Baaij

Birth

11 Feb 1906

Rotterdam, Rotterdam Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Death

10 Aug 1940 (aged 34)

Hampshire, England

Burial

Mill Hill Cemetery

Mill Hill, London Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England Add to Map

Plot

Netherlands Field of Honour - Plot 1 Row K Grave 1.

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Stoker Koopvaardij [Stoker Netherlands Merchant Navy]. Employee of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Stoomboot Maatschappij [KNSM - Royal Dutch Steamship Company]. He died as a result of his ship, S.S. Ajax, being attacked and sunk by German bombers near Catharina Point, Isle of Wight whilst it was in convoy CW9-Peewit. Crewmen Jacob Bruining Smit, Arie Toet and Pieter Spaans also died as a result of the attack.

Husband of Sophia Maria Olbertijn. Son of Jacobus Baaij and Anna Schop.

Originally buried in grave (Y-3-25) at Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth, England. Reburied on October 6, 1964 in the Netherlands Field of Honour, Mill Hill. Also commemorated on the KNSM Monument, KNSM Lane, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland.

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Koninkrijk
Der Nederlanden
D.J. Baaij
Stoker K.V.
11-2-1906
10-8-1940

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