Foreword
Mr. (Wim) Balijon I have met on the Internet where he has its own Internet site and
by these contacts a meeting has been at him at home in Heerlen.
Mr. Balijon thanks for the information, photograph `s and collaboration to this Internet site.
Wim have started after its military years of pensionable service in Indië at ABP (Dutch Civil Servants Pension Fund)
He of writer 2e class has climbed the ladder himself there by much evening study to staff official.
In 1955, he married with Willy († 2000) they was a poetress well-known in Limburg and Flanders.
Together they enjoyed in abundance a life in which literature, poetry, opera and stage played an important role.
After dying its woman Wim have bought a computer and after he had himself this matter own is made he a Internet site has started firstly concerning the poem cords of its woman, later it came
tale of Hellenvoeter and then as last the tale concerning its military years of pensionable service in Indië.
Honestly Wim admit that but the adventure drew him , however, also that he does not have enough time bad has in Indië. Its function as a driver at the battalion staff and later at the staff group of 4-1-AAT was more interesting than
that of for example the soldiers that day and night in the jungle sat and patrols ran. He was free boy who its military years of pensionable service have made fulfilled and of it the bests. He is proudly that he at the 7 December Division has served and
can look at on a time interesting for him.
Wim have already stood up to the year 2000 no longer at quiet nevertheless are something what at much Indië veterans this way deeply sits that she asked or lets nevertheless over this time will talk.
It at Wim got recognition be or is not be able meet the old friends/girlfriends it the hang to the past again from this time
or is nevertheless it is justice feeling or still what differently.
Personally Wim have experienced that this period is not popular. He among others efforts has done get an answer on the question: why our queen has been never at the commemoration in Roermond present. Under to its Internet site he has placed to a recall to the queen to its appreciation to let prove to be for wide the 6000 casualties and their surviving dependants. Also he has asked the minister of defense action to undertake to bring about this, but by the government (agencies) of the box to the wall was sent and it was taken off with the communication that the annual dead commemoration was for that.
By means of Internet Wim still looking further to information like concerning the death of general Spoor and the mysteries here around and of course the Internet sites which specifically will have its special attention over this time,
in many guest books encounter you thus reported of him.
Wim these Indië has experienced period as a conscript and is fifty years later further will deepen itself in this time and this way its conclusions drawn. He is possible about that very balanced and realistically talk such as the opinions of left politicians,
who were against the retransmission of the soldiers. Finally there was then a left government!
The task was found United States of Indonesia (agreement of Lingadjatti) within the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.Therefore no more colonization!
Wim have had a life where for a long time no attention was for Indië or such as he time said against some of its comrades: ‘in Indië you talk concerning the Netherlands and in the Netherlands you talk concerning Indië'
Particular people Wim Balijon 81 years, almost day still each busy with Internet, own Internet site and Indië time.
Finally a bit from natives stood shout with joy concerning Wim Balijon (historical Newspaper October 2003)
Then we in 1949, must transfer everything to the republic Indonesia, I have wondered itself: have our boys died for nothing? We had not reached our aim. But eventually I do not think nevertheless of.We Dutch in the years after the war a stabilizing power has been in Indonesia, which has obtained the sharp edges from the mutual fight.
And do not forget: we as lot of have delivered Dutch and Indian people from the Japanese’s camp!
There are those people still grateful for!