Jacobus Ten Haken was born on 1 May 1919 in Mijdrecht.

Nothing is known about him at this time. He was an soldier attached to 1st platoon, 5th Company Machine Gun Anti Aircraft. He was most likely drafted into the service late 1939, early 1940 when the German threat became more real after they had invaded Poland.

Pvt. Ten Haken and his unit were stationed

[no crest available]

1st Platoon

5th Company

Lu. Mit.

at Zoelen, near Tiel.  On 10 May 1940, the day of the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France, the 5th company shot down a Ju52 transporter plane near Zoelen, killing many of the Germans on board.

The next day, 3rd platoon shot down a Me109, took the pilot prisoner, who spent the rest of the war as a PoW.

Also on the 11th, Pvt Ten Haken and Pvt Johannes Nieuwenhuijzen were killed under unknown circumstances. Pvt Ten Haken is buried at Zoelen General Cemetery. He had just turned 21.

"Fallen for the Fatherland"
 

Zoelen, The Netherlands

See also:
Pvt Johannes Nieuwenhuijzen

Sources:
www.ogs.nl
www.grebbeberg.nl
 

Directions to Zoelen General Cemetery

posted 18 July 2006

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