HOLLAND Overes, Herman Johannes

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Overes
  • FORENAME
Herman Johannes
  • UNIT
N Section SOE
  • RANK
  • NUMBER
  • DATE OF DEATH
1944
  • AGE
36
  • GRAVESITE
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 19.10.1908 Amsterdam
carpenter in South Africa in civilian life
n.c.o. in Dutch Army
codename Cress
dropped 29.11.1942
arrested 29.11.1942
probably executed Gross Rosen,Germany
"short,sturdy and comradely in manner"
"He mastered so completely the secret agent's gift for making himself unnoticeable
that N Section's historian ,drawing up a list of casualties of "North Pole",forgot all
about him." (M.R.D.Foot)
 

DATE OF DEATH:

1944
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