COLIJNSLPAAT GENERAL CEMETERY
Zeeland
Netherlands
GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 51.59929, Longitude: 3.8425
Location Information
Colijnsplaat is a small town in the north eastern part of the island of Noord-Beveland. It is part of the Noord-Beveland municipality located in the province of Zeeland, in the south-western Netherlands. It is approx 13kms north of Goes. The 2 graves are located centrally on the right side of the cemetery next to boundary hedge, soldier from the United Kingdom and an airman from Australia. The soldier is not identified
The cemetery address is: -Colijnsplaatseweg,Colijnsplaat.
Colijnsplaat is a small town in the north eastern part of the island of Noord-Beveland. It is part of the Noord-Beveland municipality located in the province of Zeeland, in the south-western Netherlands. It is approx 13kms north of Goes. The 2 graves are located centrally on the right side of the cemetery next to boundary hedge, soldier from the United Kingdom and an airman from Australia. The soldier is not identified
The cemetery address is: -Colijnsplaatseweg,Colijnsplaat.
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
427833 Flight Sergeant
John Parr Ion
Royal Australian Air Force
31st August 1944, aged 20.
Son of Thomas Parr Ion and Olive Ion, of Wembley, Western Australia.
John Parr Ion
Royal Australian Air Force
31st August 1944, aged 20.
Son of Thomas Parr Ion and Olive Ion, of Wembley, Western Australia.
Dutch Burials
Images in gallery below © Johan Pauwels
First Lieutenant (Navigator)
Ian Jacob Havelaar
Royal Princess Irene
25th March 1944, aged 34.
Born in Rotterdam 19th March 1910.
Reburied with full military honours on 19th May 2017.
Lt Havelaar got killed during contact with an enemy patrol which was on its way to demolish the drainage lock what would have set most of the island under water. Also their goal was to round up all the male inhabitants of Colijnsplaat in the village church and blow it up. The action of Lt Havelaar prevented this thus saving lots of lives.
After the war a street in Colijnsplaat was named after him and he has a memorial in the church wall
Ian Jacob Havelaar
Royal Princess Irene
25th March 1944, aged 34.
Born in Rotterdam 19th March 1910.
Reburied with full military honours on 19th May 2017.
Lt Havelaar got killed during contact with an enemy patrol which was on its way to demolish the drainage lock what would have set most of the island under water. Also their goal was to round up all the male inhabitants of Colijnsplaat in the village church and blow it up. The action of Lt Havelaar prevented this thus saving lots of lives.
After the war a street in Colijnsplaat was named after him and he has a memorial in the church wall
Abraham Van Gilst
Forced labourer who died in 1945 aged 22.
Forced labourer who died in 1945 aged 22.
