Memorial "The Waiting Mother"

This memorial commemorates the soldiers from Deventer and surroundings. who died in the Indonesian Independence War in the Dutch East Indies.

In the base of the monument are 4 urns with earth from 4 war cemeteries in Java.

The following servicemen have been named:

Field of Honor Candi:
Barend Ankersmit 08-05-1923 Deventer 08-12-1946 Semarang
Johan Followers Dinius 18-03-1926 Deventer 01-10-1947 Kopeng
Gerrit van Gorkum 28-05-1928 Deventer 06-07-1949 Solo

Field of Honor Kembang Kuning:
Martinus Hendrikus Klunder 08-05-1927 Diepenveen 13-05-1946 Surabaya
Petrus Jacobus Houtepen 04-01-1925 Roosendaal 04-06-1946 Surabaya
Antonius Albertus H. van Dartel 21-02-1920 Deventer 23-07-1946 Surabaya
Rinke Cruijff 21-11-1923 Deventer 16-12-1946 Surabaya
Gerrit Johan Hettema 12-10-1921 Deventer 18-08-1947 Singosarie
Derk Jan Udink 24-07-1916 Deventer 17-02-1949 Wates
Coenraad Roelof van Straten 16-03-1928 Deventer 23-07-1949 Babat

Field of Honor Menteng Pulo
Dirk Neijmeijer 20-10-1925 Deventer 16-05-1946 Batavia
Frits Verdam 21-04-1920 Amsterdam 20-05-1946 Pesing

Pandu Cemetery
Hendrikus Johannes van Essen 31-07-1921 Deventer 18-10-1946 Tjiandjoer
Antoon Jansen 27-05-1919 Deventer 09-08-1947 Cheribon

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Source

• Text: Dick de Bruijne
• Photos: Dick de Bruijne