NETHERLANDS COMMANDER
(Special P.A. Correspondent.) (Rec. 1 p.m.) SYDNEY. May 1. Rear-Admiral P. Koenraad has been appointed deputy commander of the Netherlands forces in the East and commander of all the Netherlands forces in Australia. He succeeds RearAdmiral F. W. Coster, former head of the Netherlands East Indies Purchasing Commission in Australia, who has been transferred to other war work. Rear-Admiral Koenraad commanded the naval base at Sourabaya during the battle for the Netherlands East Indies.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 102, 1 May 1943, Page 5
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76NETHERLANDS COMMANDER Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 102, 1 May 1943, Page 5
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