List of abbreviations

ABDACOM         The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command

Indos                  Dutch subjects of NEI of mixed Dutch and native NEI blood.

KPM                    Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (Royal Packet Navigation Company)

ML-KNIL             Militaire Luchtvaart KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Airforce).

KNILM                KNIL Marine (KNIL Navy)

KNILM                Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Indies Airways)

MLD                    Militaire Luchtvaart Dienst (The Royal Netherlands Navy Air Service).

KNIL                    Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger (The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army)

NEI                      Netherlands East indies (Nederlands Indië)

SWPA                 South West Pacific Area.

UNCI                   Unites Nations Commission for Indonesia (1949-1951)

UNGOC              United Nations Good Offices Committee Indonesia  (1947-1949)

WWII                  World War Two