Author: DAMES, G.W.T.
Title: Oom Ambon van het KNIL.
Description: 's-Gravenhage, 1954. Original wraps., 156pp., text-ills. Account by a former Dutch KNIL-officer of the rôle of the Ambonese in the Dutch East Indian Army (c.1890-1949), on the prestige among them of a military career, the training on Java, inter-ethnic relations & the privileged position of them within the Army, daily life & the family in the Barracks. The military actions of the KNIL in Aceh are dealt with in detail. The story ends with te period 1942-1949 & the distanding of the KNIL.

Keywords: moluccas