KMR OV
Henry Cristoph John Coumou
September 24th 1909, Rotterdam		† October 25th 1973, Middelburg
Ranks			Decorations
Ltz. III KMR	1927, 1 Apr		ON. 5
Ltz. II  KMR	1931, 21 Aug		BL	1947, 7 Mar
Ltz. I   KMR	1941, 28 Jun		OHK.2
Retirement	1953		OV
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Submarine Commands Hr.Ms. "K XII"   1941, 20 September - 1942, 15 July Hr.Ms. "K IX"   1942, 15 July -  1942, 23 August  Hr.Ms. "Haai"   Planned, but crew lost before submarine commissioned.
Chronology 1941, 20 September - 1942, 15 July   Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K XII" 1942, 15 July -  1942, 23 August    Cdt. Hr.Ms. "K IX" Start of WWII       Evacuated to Australia -       Cdt. Hr.Ms. "Haai", Planned, but crew lost before sub commissioned.  1942, 29 October       Survived the torpedoing of the ms "Abosso" 1943, 17 April - 1943, 5 May   Cdt. mine sweeper Hr.Ms. "IJselmonde", British waters 1943, 5 May - 1945, 9 April   Cdt. mine sweeper Hr.Ms. "Wieringen", British waters 1947 -  1949    Staff Officer for the Commander Dutch East Indies  1949, 22 April -  1949, 8 October   Cdt. destroyer Hr.Ms. "Tjerk Hiddes", Caribbean 1950 - ?   Staff duties  ? - ?   Cdt. class coastel defence ship "Hertog Hendrik"
World War II submarine operations Attacks ≈  3     Sunk   1 ship ≈ 9.794 tons Damaged   - Mine laying   -     Recon missions   -     Special ops   -
Civilian career ?1954 - ? Nautic inspector PTT
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Ltz. I KMT H.C.J. Coumou, date and place unknown. (Photo: Collection J.J. Kragten)

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