Date of birth:

October 10th, 1920 (Pematang Siantar/Noord-Sumatra, Dutch Indies)

Date of death:

April 10th, 1998 (Calpe, Spain)

Service number:

Stamboeknr. 59120

Nationality:

Dutch (1815-present, Kingdom)

Military career:
June 1, 1940: drafted for basic training in the rank of militia soldier and posted to a training course for reserve officer (CORO)
September 15, 1941: Sent on leave in the rank of militia sergeant 1st class (CORO)
December 8, 1941: Following general mobilisation posted to the Military Aviation KNIL (Royal Dutch-East Indies Army),
March 1, 1942: promoted to military vaandrig (Ensign) Military Aviation KNIL
March 8, 1942 – August 15, 1945: Interned as a Prisoner-of-war by the Japanese.
December 1, 1946: sent on extended leave.
July 25, 1950: honorable discharge from the KNIL

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• Photo 1: Ton Brouwer
• - BOER, P.C., De Luchtstrijd Rond Borneo, December 1941- Februari 1942, Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1987.
  - MEIJER, H.G., Bronzen Leeuw, Bronzen Kruis, De Bataafsche Leeuw, Amsterdam, 1990.
  - D. Brouwer, civilian passport photograph.
  - Documenten
  - Uittreksel van het stamboek KNIL