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Jan Coenraad d'Engelbronner
October 5th 1896, Brielle		† November 24th 1961,  's Gravenhage
Ranks			Decorations
Adelborst	year, 1914		ON.4	Date ?
Ltz. III	1918, 5 Oct		OHK.1
Ltz. II	1920, 5 Oct		OV.1
Ltz. I	1929, 1 Sep		XXX
Kapt.ltz.	1946, 16 Jan		Mk.
Kaptz.	1947, 1 Feb
Retirement	1950, 1 Jan
Submarine Commands Hr.Ms. "O 4"   1923, 5 October - ? Hr.Ms. "K VII"   1926, ? - ? Hr.Ms. "O 10"   1927, ? - 1928, December Hr.Ms. "K III"   1931, September - 1932, February Hr.Ms.“K XII”   1932, February - 1932, November Hr.Ms.“K IV”   1932, November - ? Hr.Ms.“K VII”   1933, 8 February - ? Hr.Ms.“K VI”   1934, April - ?
Chronology 1915, 4 September       Arrival at KIM 1915, 23 October - 1916, 15 January   With cruiser Hr.Ms. "De Ruijter" to Colombo and back with "pantser" ship Hr.Ms. "Hertog Hendrik" as part of the "bootjesreis" 1918, < 5 October - ?   Stationed on board "pantser" shipHr.Ms. "Hertog Hendrik" to Tandjong Priok (NEI) 1919, ? - ?   Stationed on board destroyer Hr.Ms. "Vos" 1920, ? - 1920, ?   As Cdt.of ss "Kawi" back to the Netherlands 1921, ?       Education to Radio Officer at the Radio service Amsterdam 1923, 5 October - ?   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 4" 1924, May       Senior Officer Hr.Ms.“K IX” to NEI 1926, ?       Cdt. Hr.Ms.“K VII” 1927, April       On board ss "Tambora" to the Netherlands 1927, ? - 1928, December   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "O 10" 1928, December       Department of Defense IV-section 1930, December       Member and replacement chairman of the Committee "beproevingen en proeftochten Hr.Ms. “O 12”" 1931, September - 1932, February   Cdt. Hr.Ms.“K III” 1932, February - 1932, November   Cdt. Hr.Ms.“K XII” 1932, November - ?   Cdt. Hr.Ms.“K IV” 1933, 8 February -     Cdt. Hr.Ms.“K VII” 1933, 8 February -     Cdt. flotilla Hr.Ms.“K VII” and Hr.Ms.”K XI” 1934, April -     Temp. Cdt. Submarine Station NEI 1934, April -     Cdt. Hr.Ms.“K VI” 1935, begin - 1935, ? December   First Officer cruiser Hr.Ms."Java" 1935, December -     First Officer naval barracks Goebeng at Soerabaja and Cdt. landing-division at Malang This gave him the nickname: “de generaal van Oost Java”. 1936, 30 September -     On board the mailboat "Johan van Oldenbarneveldt" from Soerabaja back to the Netherlands with family (his wife and his sons Carel and Evert-Jan) 1937, January       First Officer ready duty ship CMR Willemsoord 1938, February       Involved with the trials of cruiser Hr.Ms. "Tromp" 1938, March       First Officer Royal Netherlands Submarine Service 1939, March       Chief Personnel at Staff CMR Willemsoord 1940, June       Chief Bureau Personnel at Department of the Navy in 's-Gravenhage 1941, May - 1943, 23 December   Appointed to Military Member of Arrondissementsrechtbank in 's-Gravenhage (Honorable discharge when already more than 1,5 years imprisonment at Stanislau) 1942, 15 May - 1945, 28 April   P.O.W. (German). First in Stanislau, later in Neu Brandenburg. 1946, 18 January - 1947, 30 January   Cdt. Navy at Willemsoord 1946, November       Followed the course "Radar and G.O." 1947, 15 February - 1947, 21 April   Chief Admiral services Staff CZM in NEI 1947, 26 April - 1947, 19 September   Naval Cdt. "Groote Oost" at Makassar* 1947, 19 September - 1948, 11 September   Chief APZ of the Ministry of the Navy at Batavia 1948, 11 September       On board mailboat "Willem Ruijs" back to the Netherlands 1949, 11 February   1950, 1 February   Chief Social Medical Service at Leiden         * "Groote Oost" was the name for the area from Borneo till Bali, including New Guinea
Civilian career 1950, 1 February - 1950, 1 April   Historical section naval staff 1950, 1 April - 1961, October   Chief Bureau 'Maritime history naval staff'
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Notes Nickname: ? His surname is often spelled as "den Engelbronner" but this is incorrect.

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