Netherlands East Indies
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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His father was in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, serving in Indonesia, when it was overrun by the Japanese.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
Growing restive and with Europe at war, Mr. Schorr took a job with Aneta, the news agency of the Netherlands East Indies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010
After World War II, when the rest of the rich Netherlands East Indies got their independence and became Indonesia, the two nations agreed to negotiate the future status of West New Guinea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maria Bertha Hertogh was five years old when the Japanese soldiers took her mother & father away from Bandung, Java, where papa Adriaanus Hertogh was a sergeant in The Netherlands East Indies army.
From Time Magazine Archive
"My appointment is from the governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies," Peter Gross stated.
From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles
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