From Camp Columbia to Dutch New Guinea: the journey of Piet Merkelijn
Camp Columbia at Wacol played many roles during and after the Second World War. It was the headquarters of the United States Sixth Army, the training site of its Officers School, and by 1945 it had become the seat of the Netherlands East Indies Government-in-Exile. It was also the main centre for the Netherlands Indies […]
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