Johannes Borghouts
Johannes "Jan" Josephus Franciscus Borghouts (born December 5, 1910 in Bergen op Zoom , Province of North Brabant ; † February 5, 1966 in Rotterdam ) was a Dutch officer and politician of the Katholieke Volkspartij (KVP), who, among other things, worked under the cover name "Peter Zuid ”belonged to the Landelijke Knokploegen (LKP) resistance movement and played a key role in sabotage against the German Wehrmacht during World War II . After the war he was Colonel in the Air Force ( Koninklijke Luchtmacht ) and between 1965 and 1966 he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense in the Cals cabinet .
Life
Local civil servant, reserve officer and resistance fighter
Borghouts, son of a coal merchant, attended the high commercial school in Bergen op Zoom from 1928 to 1930 after completing the high school . He then completed training as a reserve officer at the Reserve Officer School (School voor Reserve-Officieren) in Breda . In November 1931 he began his professional activity as an employee of the social welfare office in Bergen op Zoom and worked there until October 1934. In 1932 he became a first lieutenant in the reserve. He was then deputy head of the Hillegersberg social welfare office between October 1934 and 1939 . After that he performed from 1939 until the invasion of the German Wehrmacht in the Netherlands in May 1940 his military service in defense of the Maas-Waal Canal and then was until July 1940 in German captivity . Subsequently, from July 1940 to May 1941, he resumed his position as deputy head of the Hillegersberg social welfare office, before he was head of the general employment agency department at the Bergen op Zoom employment office between April 1941 and June 5, 1943.
On June 5, 1943, Borghouts went into hiding and joined the Landelijke Knokploegen (LKP) resistance movement under the cover name "Peter Zuid" . As a major in the reserve between June and September 1944, he was in command of regional sabotage operations by the LKP in the south, which included the provinces of Zeeland , North Brabant and Limburg . He was then from September to December 1944 commander of a section command of the domestic armed forces BS (Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten) , before he was part of the staff of Prince Bernhard in Breda from December 1944 to January 1945 . He then completed a parachute training course in England between January and February 1945 . His last position was from March to the end of the war in May 1945, acting in command of the inland sea Strijdkrachten.
Post-war period, career officer and State Secretary
After the end of the Second World War, Borghouts found various military functions in the Dutch East Indies from 1945 to 1950 , where he was initially acting chief liaison officer of the army ( Koninklijke Landmacht ) until 1949 and then acting commander of the local special forces corps between March 1949 and June 1950. On August 24, 1946 he was awarded the Knight's Cross (Knight IV class) of the Military Wilhelm Order .
After his return, Borghouts became a professional officer in the Air Force ( Koninklijke Luchtmacht ) and was initially a consultant for social psychology in the Air Force staff since January 1951. In the following years he completed courses in sociology and social psychology at the Universiteit van Amsterdam between 1952 and 1953 . Between November 1961 and April 1964 he served as head of the staff welfare department in the Air Force staff and as such was promoted to colonel on May 1, 1962 . His last position was from April 1964 to July 1965 as head of the personnel department in the Air Force staff.
On July 12, 1965 Borghouts was that at that time the Catholic People's Party was a party (CIP) of Prime Minister Jo Cals State Secretary at the Ministry of Defense (Staatssecretaris van Defensie) in the government appointed and was responsible until his death on February 5, 1966 for the Air Force. In December 1965 he was admitted to the Sint Franciscus hospital in Rotterdam because of a gastric bleeding , where he remained until his death.
He has received several awards for his many years of military service, including the Officer's Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau . He also received the War Memorial Cross (Oorlogsherinneringskruis) with two clasps and the Officer's Cross (Officierskruis) . In 1967 a memorial plaque was unveiled in his honor by Prince Bernhard at the Eindhoven Air Force Base .
Borghouts had been married to Wilhelmina Johanna Hendrika van Veen since September 27, 1939. From this marriage, he had three daughters and his son Harry Borghouts , who was Commissioner of the Queen of the Province of North Holland between 2002 and 2009 .
Web links
- CV in Parlement & Politiek
Individual evidence
- ^ Harry Borghouts in Parlement & Politiek
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borghouts, Johannes |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Borghouts, Johannes Josephus Franciscus (full name); Borghouts, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch officer and politician (KVP) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergen op Zoom , North Brabant Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 1966 |
| Place of death | Rotterdam |