Gerard Hendrik Joan Bendien

No.10 (IA) Commando 2 troop. On the 1st December 1944 he was promoted to the rank of temporary Sergeant Major during the period he was attached to the Staff of the Dutch Interior Forces. The date on the photo is 5 May 1945. This was the day on which the Germans officially surrendered in Holland and that day later became Liberation Day.

Photo courtesy of his son Johann Liddell Joan 'Ben' Bendien who adds " My father talking into a microphone - my mother told us he was on the Dutch National Radio telling people that the first convoy of food had arrived with the help of the Commandos." [Posted by Pete R.]

In Memory of Gerard Hendrik Joan Bendien
No.10 (IA) Commando 2 troop and Dutch Interior Forces
who died in Holland on the 25th November 1945 aged 29
Remembered with honour at Zeist (Woudenbergseweg) Cemetery