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Jan de Wit

Jan de Wit

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de Wit, 1918

Born                                 October 14, 1891
                                          Jakobstad, Jatkosotan Empire

Died                                  December 11, 1920
                                          Jakobstad, Jatkosotan Empire

Cause of death
               Gunshot wound

Resting place                  Oudekerk Cemetery

Other names                   J.G. de Wit

Occupation                    Carpenter

Known for                      Liekki Incident

Parents                           Wilhelmus Jacobus de Witt (father)
                                        Christina Stegeman (mother)

Johannes Gerardus de Wit (October 14 1891 - December 11 1920), commonly known as Jan de Wit, was a Jatkosotan anti-monarchist revolutionary and carpenter who shot and killed several soldiers on a military parade at the town hall of Jakobstad.



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