HOLLAND Macare, Humphrey Max

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Macare ​

• FORENAME

Humphrey Max ​

• UNIT

N Section SOE ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

1944 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 12.10.1921 Bandoeng,Java​

half-Javanese​

eldest of 6 children​

only 5 foot 2 inches in height​

resided briefly in Belgium 1934-35​

student,a teacher's training college,Bandoeng​

conscripted into Dutch Navy July 1941 (telegraphist)​

SOE 6.6.1942​

STS 6 (training name M.Mebins)​

STS 52 13.7.1942​

STS 51​

codename (Op.) Celery III​

codename Schaap​

alias Barend Merens​

w/t operator​

dropped 24.10.1942​

arrested 24.10.1942​

probably executed Gross Rosen,Germany​

age 22/23​

award Bronzen Kruis 6.6.1953 ​

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