Resources
Related Family Trees
Genealogie van de Familie’s Tonnaer en Gerardu uit Maastricht
Genealogy Databases
KNIL, ML-KNIL & POW Information
- Japanese POW Card Lookup for KNIL & Marines (Japanse Interneringskaarten KNIL en Marine)
- Japanese prisoner of war camps (Japanse krijgsgevangenkampen)
- Photos from the 121st & 122nd KNIL-ML Squadron
- Pakan Baroe Death Railway
- Pakanbaru Death Railway
- Rare names and portraits of the crew of 122 Squadron – Sumatra Medan
(Roel has put together a great site with information and photos about the 122nd Squadron. If you know of anyone that was a part of this squadron, I’m sure he would love to hear from you.) - War Office: Japanese Index Cards of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees, Second World War
- 122 Squadron (coming soon)
Books About the Dutch East Indies & WWII
- A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of Southeast Asia’s Largest Nation, by Tim Hannigan
- Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation, by Elizabeth Pisani
- Jungle Journal: Prisoners of the Japanese in Java 1942-1945, by Frank Williams
- No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Incredible Story of Courage and Survival in WWII, by Robert Weintraub
- Photographs of the Netherlands East Indies at the Tropenmuseum, by Janneke van Dijk, Rob Jongmans, Anouk Mansfeld, Steven Vink, Pim Westerkamp, Wimo Ambala Bayang (Contributor)
- Pocket Guide to Netherlands East Indies, prepared by Special Service Division, Army Service Forces, United States Army
- Rising from the Shadow of the Sun: A Story of Love, Survival and Joy, by Ronny Herman de Jong
- The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949: Survivors’ Accounts of Japanese Invasion and Enslavement of Europeans and the Revolution That Created Free Indonesia, by Jan A. Krancher
- The Sumatra Railroad: Final Destination Pakan Baroe, 1943-1945, by Henk Hovinga
- Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand
- War in the Indies: The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember, by Anne Van Arragon Hutten (Editor)
- Prisoners in Java: Accounts by Allied Prisoners of War in the Far East (1942-1945) captured in Java
