McDonald, NT. Lieutenant General Van Oyen, General Officer Commanding Netherlands East Indies ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Northern Territory
Accession Number NWA0528
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Date made c February 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

McDonald, NT. Lieutenant General Van Oyen, General Officer Commanding Netherlands East Indies (NEI) Forces (right) being welcomed by Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) J J Zomer, Commanding Officer of No. 18 (NEI) Squadron, a composite RAAF/Dutch unit which is equipped with North American B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft and operates from the RAAF base. Lt Col Zomer was Commanding Officer from 11 June 1943 until 4 May 1944.