Thomas Vanderveldt, VOC historian in West Australia writes a monthly newsletter.
Member of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society
Antonius (Tony) Sanders met and married his wife Elizabeth (Liz) van Steijn in Indonesia after the end of World War II. Their migration journey took them from the Netherlands to Indonesia, Dutch New Guinea, back Read more
Secret agents, submarines and intelligence missions into the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies Among the most dangerous activities undertaken by the Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) from Australia during the Second World War were clandestine missions Read more
The little-known organisation that preceded NEFIS special operations Before the Netherlands Forces Intelligence Service (NEFIS) developed its own special-operations capability, Dutch, Australian and Indonesian personnel were already being sent from Australia on clandestine missions into Read more