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The colourful life of Jan de Voogd

Johannes Jan Nicolaas de Voogd, known as Jan, was born in January 1932 in Japan to Dutch parents, Nicolaas Arie Johannes (Niek) de Voogd (1899-1977) and Amarintia Clasina de Vries (1903-1998). Jan’s parents married in 1930 in Kattendijke in Zeeland, the Netherlands. At the time his father Niek was an Read more…

By DACC, 12 monthsJuly 12, 2024 ago
Maritime History

Dutch participation in the Seventh Fleet

  The 7th Fleet was formed on March 15, 1943 in Brisbane, Australia, during World War II. It served in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) under the control of General Douglas MacArthur, and the 7th Fleet commander also served as commander of Allied naval forces in the SWPA. This Read more…

By DACC, 12 monthsJuly 12, 2024 ago
Aviation and Shipping

WWII Operation Manna for the Netherlands: The Role of the Australian 460 Squadron

During the final months of World War II, the Australian 460 Lancaster Squadron played a pivotal role in Operation Manna, a humanitarian mission that delivered desperately needed food to the starving people of the Netherlands. During the harsh winter of 1944-1945 the Dutch population endured a major famine. Known as Read more…

By DACC, 12 monthsJuly 8, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

Engelandvaarder Chris van Oosterzee – trained in Australia

Christiaan Vincent Gradwell (Chris) van Oosterzee, born on March 20, 1922, in Weltevreden (Batavia), and died on April 18, 1989, in Amsterdam, was a significant figure during and after World War II. His life included notable interactions with Australia during his military service. Early Life and Military Involvement Chris van Read more…

By DACC, 12 monthsJuly 8, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

Money for the Netherlands East Indies printed in Australia

There is an unconfirmed story that General Douglas MacArthur ordered the printing of money for the Netherlands East Indies at the Commonwealth Bank Note Printing Works in Melbourne. This printing facility, established in 1912, had its role taken over by the Reserve Bank of Australia in 1960. There are mentions Read more…

By DACC, 12 monthsJuly 8, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

WWII Pell Airfield, NT – used for maintenance by the Dutch

In all there were over a dozen WWII airfields in the Top End and many of them were at occasions used by the Dutch. Sometimes their planes were directed to these fields because of congestion or weather. Sometimes planes were more or less running out of fuel on their way Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJuly 5, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

Dutch WWII Casualties from air operation from the Northern Territory

The following is the list of Dutch and Netherlands East Indies casualties mainly from the various squadrons that operated from the Northern Territory in Australia during the period 1942-1945, as published in: De Militaire Luchtvaart van het KNIL in de jaren 1942-1945. Dutch military initially buried at Adelaide River Cemetery Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJuly 3, 2024 ago
Art, Music, Film, Theatre

Zing! Sing in Dutch: Eight Years of Growth and Development in Review.

From its inception in August 2016, Zing! Sing in Dutch promised to be a choir with a difference. Following a series of two vibrant workshops in June that year featuring nursery rhymes, cabaret ballads, pop songs and waltzes (all in Dutch), a core group formed under the leadership of founder Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJuly 2, 2024 ago
Migration history

The Java-Broome Evacuation route February and March 1942

The link below is a PowerPoint presentation from Dr. Nonja Peters – 2023 See also: The Drama of Broome 3-3-1942 The 18 Netherlands East Indies Squadron RAAF Stories of the Dutch WWII submarines in Australia Dutch at WWII Camp Columbia Brisbane 1944 – 1947 Dutch merchant fleet delivered major contribution Read more…

By DACC, 1 yearJune 22, 2024 ago
Military and Political History

David Groen – 18th Squadron

Interview with David’s son Maurits Groen – 2005(?) See also: The 18 Squadron Netherlands East Indies – RAAF

By DACC, 1 yearJune 22, 2024 ago

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