Author: DIJK, H. VAN,
Title: Vrije kost en inwoning bij de Jap. Orig. edn.
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Vereniging Indische Nederlanders, s.d.[circa], 1960. sm. 4°. orig. lettered wraps. 24pp. of cyclostyled text on rectos only, 3 portrs. on a plate, full-p. sketch-map. Stapled. Author's recollections on the defence of the secret air-strip Samarinda II (former dutch territory of Borneo) during the japanese invasion of Borneo, his stay as a p.o.w. and sergeant-hospital attendand in the camps Samarinda, Balikpapan and Bandjarmasin and the death-march of p.o.w. to Poeroek Tjahoe. Very good copy. Scarce.

Keywords: japanese camps p.o.w. dutch borneo samarinda balikpapan bandjarmasin death march poeroe tjahoe recollections pacific war colonialism indonesia southeast asia