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Hamer was born to Gerard Pieter Hamer and Wijke Hamer-de Boer in Gombong, [[Indonesia]]. He  moved with his family to [[The Hague]], the Netherlands. He returned to Indonesia in 1952 and served for three years as a second lieutenant and commander of a foot for the Royal Netherlands military. On March 20, 1956, Hamer married the former Millicent May<ref name=obit/> (born April 10, 1926) of New Orleans. Hamer died in a [[hospice]] in Baton Rouge. Services were held on July 30 at the Audubon Park Golf Clubhouse in New Orleans. In addition to his wife, Hamer was survived by two daughters, Elizabeth May Hamer Pope and husband, Joseph Keith Pope of [[Baton Rouge]], and Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran and husband, Mohammad Hassan Musaid Tafran, of Jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]]; a grandson, Rayan Mohammad Hassan Tafran, of Jeddah, and a sister, Meinie, of the Netherlands.<ref name=obit/>

Hamer was born to Gerard Pieter Hamer and Wijke Hamer-de Boer in Gombong, [[Indonesia]]. He  moved with his family to [[The Hague]], the Netherlands. He returned to Indonesia in 1952 and served for three years as a second lieutenant and commander of a foot for the Royal Netherlands military. On March 20, 1956, Hamer married the former Millicent May<ref name=obit/> (born April 10, 1926) of New Orleans. Hamer died in a [[hospice]] in Baton Rouge. Services were held on July 30 at the Audubon Park Golf Clubhouse in New Orleans. In addition to his wife, Hamer was survived by two daughters, Elizabeth May Hamer Pope and husband, Joseph Keith Pope of [[Baton Rouge]], and Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran and husband, Mohammad Hassan Musaid Tafran, of Jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]]; a grandson, Rayan Mohammad Hassan Tafran, of Jeddah, and a sister, Meinie, of the Netherlands.<ref name=obit/>

Jan and Millicent Hamer's [[photograph]] and story of survival during [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005 was featured in the 2007 book, ''Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina'' by Thomas Neff, a [[photographer]] and a professor of [[art]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite bookb|url=https://www.thomasneffphotographer.com/#home

Jan and Millicent Hamer's [[photograph]] and story of survival during [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005 was featured in the 2007 book, ''Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina'' by Thomas Neff, a [[photographer]] and a professor of [[art]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.thomasneffphotographer.com/#home

|title=Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina|publisher=Thomas Neff, Photographer|accessdate=August 22, 2020}}</ref>

|title=Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina|publisher=Thomas Neff, Photographer|accessdate=August 22, 2020}}</ref>