Born in Semarang december 26 1915. Enlisted KNIL 3-7-1934. Was ML-KNIL aircraft engineer with 4th aircraft group (VLG IV) at Andir (near Bandoeng). Held in Japanese captivity from 5-4-1942.

As a POW from Batavia to Bandoeng, Tjimahi, Changi Singapore. With Hawaii Maru 2 to Moji Japan, Japanese camp Fukuoka 8B Inatsuki. Liberated september 1945 by US troops.

After september 21 1945 as ML-KNIL to Manilla, Bundaberg Australia (NEI-PEP), Java (121sqn), Medan Sumatra (122sqn). Back to Batavia in 1950, from Tandjun Priok to Rotterdam with MS Fair Sea, in contract pension 'Rodanborgh' Aardenburg, Vlissingen. Until his retirement he worked as mechanic at the airports of Valkenburg and Woensdrecht. Died in Amsterdam 1989, age 73.

122 Sqn had extra personnel and aircraft from 121 Sqn. Under the command of Captain Gerard Deibel, 12 P-51s of the 122 Sqn and the technical staff in a B-25, flew on November 14 1946 from Tjililitan to their Polonia base at Medan, a distance of 1390 km. Reinforcement with 5 aircraft came on 19 November.
In the B-25, a team from the technical service was under the command of adjudant C.W. Bastiaans ^[1].