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Korps Mariniers

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On my seventeenth birthday, I went with a nephew and 2 friends to sign up for the Royal Dutch Marines. In the end, I was the only one who ended up to sign a contract for six years service. I was called up on the 3rd of July 1946, to report for training at the Marines camp Doorn (Harskamp). (Province Utrecht)

One year later........
Get ready for Indonesia. This was a period in my life I'll never forget. I have lots of good memories about this beautiful country,
but also some sad ones. Many of our friends didn't make it back home and stayed behind in this faraway country.

In memory of my service in the Netherlands East Indies - from August 1947 to November 1950 - with the Mariniersbrigade in East Java.
(Ter herinnering aan myn diensttyd in Nederlands Oost Indie, van Aug. 1947 tot Nov. 1950 - met de Mariniersbrigade in Oost Java.)

Photo of the mountains	Our post Kajoe Enak
The local police post	Hut in the lower kampong Goetjalit
A road through the jungle	Photo's of this splendid island, Bali
To the beach	Photo's of this splendid island, Bali
Photo's of this splendid island, Bali	Going to the markets
Golden River, Soerabaia	Blue Bridge, Soerabaia
A bullock cart, Soerabaia	Government building, Soerabaia
Marines canteen, Soerabaia	Main street of Soerabaia
Cinema in Soerabaia	Markets, Soerabaia
Mosque on the road to Perak	The bridge near Babat
Morsima at Soekapoera	Girl from the photo shop
A typical Indonesian festival	The dancers are totally in their act
Cor the Marine, third from left.	Some of the eighth platoon
Gentlemen Marines	The whole group from our post.
Frans, Harry, Piet & Peter.	Cas, Cor & Peter
Piet and Cor	Cor in his Mariniers uniform.
Cor on the artillery	Photo description
Cor by the 81mm morter	Cor cleaning the morter
Piet Hoogenhuizen & Cas Lorey	Cas & Cor
Waiting and waiting once more	The amphibian tank is used on land & water
Hill patrol, small ponies carry ammunition	A barricade is blown up by members of our platoon
Marines in the clouds	Parade at Soerabaia
Cor in the jeep at camp	Cor on a small pony
My house-bedroom at the post	One of our fallen, Marine:J.A de Ceuster
Graves of our fallen comrades	Last honour to Lt.Wout & Sgt.Boone

We had to leave behind a lot of our comrades at this cemetry in Soerabaia, rest in peace.
. (Op deze begraafplaats moesten we vele van onze kameraden achterlaten, rust in vrede.)

Cor Jaspers...Australia.