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Eisma, Ignacio

Date of birth:
November 11th, 1912 (Arnhem/Gelderland, Netherlands)
Date of death:
March 13th, 1943 (Rintin POW camp, Thailand)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Kanchanaburi
Plot: 5. Row: C. Grave: 78.
Nationality:
Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Ignacio Eisma served in Western Java, in the Dutch East Indies Campaign.He was captured by the Japanese Army in Soekeboemi on 8 March 1942 and made a Prisoner Of War. He was transferred to the Burma-Thailand Railway where he died in the Rintin POW Camp on 13 March 1943.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Wachtmeester (Sergeant)
Unit:
2e Batterij, 1e Houwitser Artillerie Bataljon (A-I-Hw), 1e Artillerie Regiment, Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger (KNIL)
Awarded on:
January 21st, 2015

Posthumously awarded
Mobilisatie-Oorlogskruis (MOK)

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