Dutch East Indies & Korea Memorial Brielle

This memorial commemorates those locals who died during the decolonisation war in the former Dutch East Indies, and in Korea serving the United Nations.

The text on the smoothly polished natural stone is:
'THE NETHERLANDS INDIES 1945-1950
INDONESIA
MENTENG PULO FIELD OF HONOUR DJAKARTA
H.I. TROOST
09-04-1928 23-08-1948

KOREA 1950-1954
DUTCH DETACHMENT
UNITED NATIONS
KOREA FIELD OF HONOUR TANGGOK PUSAN
W. MOL
27-06-1926 12-02-1951
J.J. ZWART
24-05-1929 15-02-1951

REMEMBER IN YOUR THOUGHTS
THAT THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES
AND FAR FROM THEIR RELATIVES
BURIED IN THE FOREIGN LAND.'

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Pieter Mielen