Royal Dutch East-Indian Army
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Corporal Rejan, from the Kai-islands in the Banda Sea, is one of the many native Indonesians in the Dutch colonial army. Natives - Ambonese, Menadonese,
Kai as well as Javanese - were the backbone of this fighting force. The articles have the aim to treat
fascinating but unknown items about Dutch colonial military history. |
![]() A drawing by Menno van Meeteren Brouwer (1926) |
New - November 2008 |
Old soldiers never die: Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz, founder of Indonesia |
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