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Category Archives: POW TRIBUTE

Opa: Dutch for Hero.

After Immigration, Blog, During WWII, Family Story, Immigration, POW TRIBUTEBy indoprojectFebruary 7, 20121 Comment

By Jason A. Dixon, grandson   Name: Richard E. Coert Born:   October 5, 1922, Dutch East Indies Died:   October 17, 2003, California, USA POW:   Burma-Siam Railway Richard E. Coert was born in 1922 in what is now Indonesia, where he grew up.  He dreamed of becoming a pilot in the Dutch air…

Indo Profile William Paatje Boon

Paatje Boon

During WWII, Family Story, Immigration, Indo Profile, Memoir, POW TRIBUTE, Profiles, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectDecember 6, 201113 Comments

By Sylvia Boon Couto, daughter Name:  William Boon Born:    December 17, 1917, Java, Dutch East Indies Died:    June 10, 2011, California, USA POW:   Camp Tjimahi, West Java, Nov 20 , 1942 camp 4e Bataljon The Early Years Dad was born on December 17, 1917 on the island of Java, Indonesia to a…

Oom Piet

Military, POW TRIBUTE, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectJune 6, 20116 Comments

By Robert Vanderwaall, nephew Name:  Pieter Hendrik van der Waall Born:  July 3, 1921 Dutch East Indies Died:  July 5, 1993 Zoetermeer, Netherlands POW:  Thai-Burma Railway Pieter Hendrik van der Waall July 3, 1921 to July 5, 1993.  He was the brother of my father Charles.  During the war he was  a mechanic in the…

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