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Apr 26, 1923 Died on 01 May 1980 (aged 57)
Surinamese military
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About Fred Ormskerk
- Frederik Ferdinand "Fred" Ormskerk (April 26, 1923 – May 1, 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).
- Here he became a soldier in the newly formed Korps Speciale Troepen (KST), led by Captain Westerling.
- He was nicknamed Bikkel, which means "stud".In February 1980, the coup d'état led by Dési Bouterse took place in Suriname.
- Ormskerk originally wanted to launch a counter-coup on April 30, but failed and he was put in prison, and then tortured and eventually slain.
- Decades after this tragedy occurred, the alleged failed coup is still shrouded in fog.
