Werner August Bode
Victim | 12 September 1890 | Pastor

He joined military service during WWI and registered with missionary schools in Germany and The Netherlands.
Appointed as Pastor with the Indische kerk (Indonesian church) in Buitenzorg (Bogor) near Jakarta. Became assistant preacher in Minahassa. From 1926 onwards he was theology lecturer at the teacher training school (Normaalschool) in Kuranga (NZG), Tomohon, Minahasa. From 1929 he became main translator of the Bible in modern Malay.
He married Lijdia Wilhelmina Diederich. His last place of residence was Soekaboemi (Sukabumi). His death was registered on 9 May 1949 in Batavia (ref. death certificate below)
Probably referred to as F. Bode in Gottlob Weiler's Der Untergang der Van Imhoff-ein Augenzaugenbericht. Evangelischer Missionsverlag, GmbH, Stuttgart, 1953.
In February 2019, Mr. Bode's great-granddaughter Mrs Sascha Hardt wrote the following email to vanimhoff.info.
Additional information:
id.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.A.Bode
https://www.van-imhoff.com/portretten/

Death certificate. Source: Burgerlijke Stand Batavia, bijzondere overlijdensregisters 1948-1950, Arsip Nasional, Jakarta
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