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
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
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