Johannes Hubertus Janssen

This memorial page is dedicated to Johannes Hubertus Janssen, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

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Additional information

Grave location: Plot 10, Row G, Grave 5

Son of Jan Janssen and Johanna Nouwen Brother of Gerardus Josephus Janssen, who enlisted as a volunteer in the Waffen-SS.

Various archives contain spelling variations, including both ‘Jansen’ and ‘Janssen’. Furthermore, the Date of death does not correspond across all documents and memorial stones

On 20 May 1937, Johannes Hubertus Janssen left Deurne to undertake marine training at the Marine Barracks at Oostplein 14 in Rotterdam. After completing his training, he set sail on 7 December 1938 from Amsterdam aboard the motor vessel “Christiaan Huygens”, travelling via; Southampton, Algiers, Genoa, Suez, Colombo, Sabang and Belawan to his final destination, Batavia, where the motor vessel ‘Christiaan Huygens’ docked on 5 January 1939.

Johannes Hubertus Janssen was later posted aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Tromp; unfortunately, the reasons for his disembarkation from that vessel are unknown. It is likely that Johannes Hubertus Janssen was stationed ashore somewhere at the time of the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, as he was later forced, as a prisoner of war, to build the Death Railway, also known as the Burma Railway or Burma–Siam Railway, between Nong Pladuk in Thailand and Thanbyauzayat in Myanmar (Burma).

Memorial card

En route to Belawang (Indonesia), motor vessel “Christiaan Huygens”, January 1939

On guard duty in prison, 8 March 1939

Marine barracks, Oostplein 14, Rotterdam

Motor vessel “Christiaan Huygens”

Cruiser H.M.S. Tromp

Aerial view of Chungkai labour camp

‘Old’ grave marker

Heldersche Courant, 24 May 1937

Heldersche Courant, 19 March 1938

Heldersche Courant, 22 November 1938

Het Nieuws van de Dag voor Nederlandsch Indië, 19 December 1938

Heldersche Courant, 13 January 1940

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