Republished with permission. Chapter 6 of the book: A Touch of Dutch. For the full pdf of the book click here.
KNIL soldier Anne Beetstra: A Dutch-Canadian woman at Camp Columbia, 1944–46
This compelling first-person account, written by her daughter Claire Smith-Burns, traces the remarkable wartime journey of Anna Wiebrigje Beetstra, a Dutch-Canadian woman who served in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) during the final Read more…