Theodorus Joannes Hubertus Wassenberg

1889 - 1944  (54 years)

• Name	Theodorus Joannes Hubertus Wassenberg
  Birth	9 Jun 1889	Roermond, Ned
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 May 1944	Marieneberg, New Guinea
  Person ID	I0226	Wassenberg
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2012

  
  

  Father	Joannes Hubertus Wassenberg,   b. 8 Mar 1862, Maasbracht, Ned d. 5 Jul 1933, Roermond, Ned (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Gertrudis Hubertina Maessen,   b. 23 Apr 1855, Linne, Ned d. 3 May 1935, Roermond, Ned (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1 Jul 1886	Roermond, Ned
  Family ID	F027	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joachim Wassenberg was a religious brother, a missionary of the Society of the Divine Word. He was sent to New Guinea and was serving at a place called Kanengera before and during the Second World War. He was bayoneted by a Japanese soldier and died, probably at Marieneberg Mission, on the Sepik River. He is believed to be buried there. He died on 31 May 1944 at the age of 54.