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Historical Military Portraits Indonesia

A collection of black-and-white portraits of military personnel from Indonesia's past, showcasing various uniforms and ranks against plain backgrounds, evoking a sense of history and duty.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos (miscellaneous) passport photos. Portrait of a unautiformed young man (with on his epaulette the distinguishable "Public Relations". 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos (miscellaneous) passport photos. Portrait of a unautiformed young man (with on his epaulette the distinguishable "Public Relations". 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Bandoeng: The Royal Decree has been named Ridder der Military William Order 4th KL. The 22-year-old 1st lt. Koert Bavinck, reserve officer of the KL, classified by 3-9 RI. Bavinck first exceeded the demarcation line during police action, in the night of 20 on July 21, 1947. Due to its unexpected appearance in the pre-terrain, he prevented blowing up many bridges. On July 22 he managed to cut the lit wit of three mines under the bridge at Dawoean. Lt. Bavinck, a young officer who completes his job in a extraordinary way .. August 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC portrait college. Thomson. Colonel a.a.j.j. Thomson, Commander 1st Infantry Brigade Group. November 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasport photos III. 2nd lieutenant kl. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasfot photos II. Soldier without visible ranking signs. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soukey tranquility. Soukey. Purification campaign of 3-4 RI. A soldier poses with helmet and rifle over the shoulder. January 14, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Doesburg.

With the Fleet Air Arm - Malta Gc. Petty Officer Janes.

John Buckmaster - USA. August 11, 1944.

A Luftwaffe Obergreiter poses with cigarette on Leeuwarden airbase.

With the Fleet Air Arm - Malta Gc. A/M Batchelor.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passport photos. Portrait of a soldier (2nd lieutenant). November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports VI. Soldier in overalls with Kepi. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Officer Posed as son of Earl says former ATS Girl -- Lt. Douglas Webster St. Aubyn Claye, married, of the West Yorks regiment accused at a Newcastle court martial of improperly associating with an ATS private. The ex-At Mrs. Marie Teresa Hanf - now married to an American - told the court yesterday (April 3) that when she told Claye that he was the father of her unborn child he replied "I am the son of an Earl - this will ruin my life." Misconduct took place Hanf declared on only one occasion. The accusation of improperly associating with an ATS private is one of thirteen charges against Lt. Claye. April 15, 1946. (Photo by Mirror Features).

New Director Of Aussie Women's Air ForceWing Officer Doris J. Carter, 38, of Melbourne, the new director of the Women's Royal Australian Air Force pictured here on the roof or Canberra Houses. Jermyn Street, London, today (Friday), She has been in London for two years as an Australian immigration officer. During, the last war, she was Squadron officer and a member of the R.A .A.F. Victory Contingent that visited London. June 01, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Portrait of a sergeant with isnigne motor transport on his Kepi. November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Inspection requirement General P.L.G. Doorman 2e part Grote Oost (October 1946). Portrait of General Doorman. October 1946. Celebes, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Crew Member Of The 379Th Bomb Group Models Armored Vest Worn By Bombardiers Of The Group. England, 19 June 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Volunteers for Dutch New Guinea are ready for their departure in the Oirschot camp. A soldier. December 12, 1958. Oirschot

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Exercises December 7 Division Surroundings Kebajoran. Soldier with fighting hat and neckerchief is leaned against a tree. June 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Vintage Photograph. soldier in leather jacket looks up and to the left in studio portrait.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Anefo photo collection. Soldier tropical environment. December 17, 1947

Officer , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Miller, Jack , Soldiers, Miller, Jack, 1924-1948. Jack Miller Collection

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Royal Air Force in North West Europe 1944 Leading Aircraftman W Blackett, of Barnsley, at work with a tape measure during the construction of the first airfield to be built by the Royal Air Force in Normandy, near St Andre, 6 August 1944.

Crew Member Of The 379Th Bomb Group Models Armored Vest And Thigh Protectors Worn By Bombardiers Of The Group. England. 19 June 1944.

British army sergeant having a cigarette.

'What Am I Gonna Do Now' Our Hero, Sgt. Eddie Cope Of Austin, Texas, Realizes He Can'T Speak The Lingo But He Still Wants To Make Himself Understood. Italy.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passport photos V. soldier without ranking sign. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Feldmeyer (head) (Dutch SS). undated

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passport photos. Portrait of a soldier (2nd lieutenant). November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Capt. Manuel C. Dunon , Military officers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Soldier , Soldiers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passport photos IV. 1st lieutenant kl. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Pasfotos. Corporal with Reg.no. 180419010. December 14, 1951

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Portrait of a Wehrmaching with steel helmet, wounded and infantry storm badge as well as ribbon to iron cross (probably at the Hague)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. A 1st lieutenant knil poses behind the handlebar of a jeep. October 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasfot photos VIII. Indonesian man with epaulettes with unreadable inscription. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht (probably at The Hague)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Dajeuhkolot (Bandoeng sector). A knwing lieutenant poses at a leg truck. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports I. a lieutenant sitting on a porch with a cigarette. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Major Perron , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passport photos I. man with glasses in shirt without epaulettes. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

With the Fleet Air Arm. Fleet Air Arm Station, Malta, Gc. Sub Lieut (A) PF Mouritz, 22, of Glasgow has been in the Fleet Air Arm for three years, as a Naval Air Engineer Officer in Malta for 9 months. In civil life he was in the design office of De Havilland.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit army commander S.H. Rail along Bali, Timor and Surabaya 12-6-1946 to 16-6-6-1946. Bali. Lieutenant Colonel F.H. Ter Meulen, Territorial Commander Desk and Lombok (with plaster above his left eye). June 1946. Bali, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Holly Springs Coast Guardsman In Pacific As Correspondent. Coast Guardsman Wilbur C. Brown, seaman first class, of 805 Van Dorn Avenue, Holly Springs, Miss., is now serving somewhere in the Pacific as one of the many Coast Guard Correspondents covering the world's battlefronts for the nation's press. Brown was general manager of the "South Reporter," Holly Springs, and an employee of the Belzoni "Banner" before enlisting in the Coast Guard. The 33-year-old Coast Guardsman "Sea Lion" before receiving his present assignment.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Anschütz / Photographers. Photographer of service army contacts?. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Reserve Sergeant-airshout KL J.W. Coebergh van den Braak, born 6-4-1917. Per 1-5-1944 in permanent employment miles for 6 years in a grade of Sergeant-Airplane shooter. Studbook number 18212.

French Train as NATO Paratroopers at Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Exploration trip Bren-Carriers 2-10 R.I. Surakarta. Driver. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Surakarta

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports photo and film section. Young soldier with glasses. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Rome Italy may 1951 Vintage photo of an Italian military personnel rowing a boat solo in the 1950s

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of the Niwin packages. A soldier with the content of a Niwin package. November 3, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Image of a railway man who has rain gear for field staff from N.S. wear.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports IX. Slightly tinted man in uniform. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

B. Andersson, Kalmar Central.

Chicago Photographer-Coast Guardsman Aboard Troop Transport. Coast Guardsman Robert P. Magine, a combat photographer, of 5919 Lake Street, Chicago, Ill., is serving aboard a Coast Guard-manned troop transport ferrying fresh forces across the Atlantic to the European Theatre of War.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

"Westland" Commander Tours His Bases in Britain's Air "War":Photo Shows: Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding as he left Hendon Aerodrome.Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, who is in command of the entire defensive forces of "Westland" in the air "War" with "Eastland" - Britain's biggest air defence and attack manoeuvres - left Hendon Royal Air Force Aerodrome, London, for Cranwell during an air tour of his bases. he was piloting his own plane. August 09, 1939.

Historical image from the beginning of the 20th century, Porreres, Majorca, Spain.

Shot, Joseph Edward Fisher, whose body with a rifle bullet in the head, was found yesterday at Church Point. July 2, 1952.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports photo and film section. Corporal. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Liberated Russian Prisoners in England- Everyday Life at Their Camp in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK, 1945 Junior Lieutenant Dragomir Maresh (aged 23) plays a tune on a home-made balalaika in the dormitory of the camp for Russian liberated Prisoners of War, in Worthing, Sussex. Jnr Lt Maresh had previously served in the Russian navy.

Portrait of military officer , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Marines Uniform Corps. Corporal daily. Is part of Object series AVDKM 53140 to 53145.

Portrait of a member of the NSB, 1940 - 1944 contact print Portrait of a member of the NSB, sitting on a chair. Behind him a photo lamp. Barefoot. It could be a circle leader, see distinctively with three stars on his collar. A circle was part of a district, usually a place or city. Netherlands photographic support anonymous historical person portrayed Netherlands

Anefo photo collection. Pasfoto 290520064. 9 February 1950

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasport photos III. Sergeant major knir. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Semarang and surroundings. Portrait of an unknown soldier. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Semarang

The King with the Tanks -- H.M. the King taking the salute.The King saw yesterday the greatest concentration of armoured land forces that has ever been witnessed in Britain and took the salute of a march past of the full strength of one of our completely mechanised divisions. September 13, 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Pilot Officer V C Woodward from British Columbia, Canada, photographed while serving with No. 33 Squadron RAF in the Egypt. Woodward journeyed from Canada to the United Kingdom in 1938, learning to fly at a civilian flying school before joining the RAF on a short-service commission. He was posted to No. 33 Squadron RAF in May 1939, and distinguished himself in the fighting over Libyan frontier, in Greece, Crete and in the Western Desert, shooting down 18 enemy aircraft and sharing in a further 4 victories. After his tour finished in September 1941, he served as a flying instructor in Rhodesia, before returning to operations as Commanding Officer of No. 213 Squadron RAF, again in North Africa. He then filled a number of staff appointments before taking command of the Middle East Communications Squadron in April 1945.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports V. Military with shoulder palette service army contact. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival (1887 - 1966) who was appointed General Officer Commanding (GOC) Malaya in April 1941. He was forced to surrender both Malaya and Singapore to the Japanese forces. Date: December 1941

Portait of officer , Military officers. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Claude Smeal, photographed when a Lieut. (now a capt.) before leaving for Korea. Army Captain Claude Smeal, of Sydney, who will run for Australia in the marathon at the Helsinki Olympic Games. He is on service in Korea. June 27, 1952.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos (miscellaneous) passport photos. Indonesian man in uniform. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Mark Hamill, on-set of the Film, "The Big Red One", United Artists, 1980

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports photo and film section. Corporal. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Pfc. Phillip G. Hubbard , Soldiers, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 372nd. Jack Miller Collection

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Portrait photos (miscellaneous) passport photos. Portrait of a 1st lieutenant (mustache and glasses). 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Armoured Vest As Worn -- The armoured vest is now extensively used in Korea and has saved hundreds of lives.Here staff Sergeant Martin J. Malone of the U.S. marines is wearing the vest unzipped. December 23, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper).

Vintage Photograph. Soldier in helmet poses for portrait in studio.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports IX. Military Regiment Shock troops. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports IX. Young military. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Portrait of a Wehrmaching member (probably at The Hague)

Military Funeral For A Was Signal Woman. January 01, 1943.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. John Peter Hassell in Winwardside. 1947. Netherlands Antilles, Saba

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports X. 2nd lieutenant. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Sgt. Eddie Cope Of Austin, Texas, Says All That Is Needed Is Two Free Hands And A Mobile Face To Converse With The Local Talent Of Italy. 'Put It In Writing, Chum.' Pretend To Write A Note In The Palm Of Your Hand.

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