Fred Ormskerk

Fred Ormskerk
Standard-bearer adjutant F.F. Ormskerk on Independence Day, November 25, 1975
Born
Frederik Ferdinand Ormskerk

(1923-04-26)26 April 1923
Nickerie, Surinam
Died1 May 1980(1980-05-01) (aged 57)
Paramaribo, Suriname

Frederik Ferdinand "Fred" Ormskerk (26 April 1923 – 1 May 1980) was a Surinamese military leader. He was awarded many honors for his military services in Indonesia and Korea. After a KNIL training at Camp Casino, Australia, he arrived in Batavia (now Jakarta). There, he became a soldier in the newly formed Korps Speciale Troepen (KST), led by Captain Westerling. He was nicknamed Bikkel, which means "stud".[1]

In February 1980, the coup d'état led by Dési Bouterse took place in Suriname. Ormskerk allegedly launched a failed counter-coup on April 30 and afterwards was arrested, tortured and killed.[2]

  1. ^ "Leesfragment: Bikkel". Rudie Kagie.
  2. ^ "De Meimoord". vn.nl. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013.