Talk:Alphons Wijnen

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Jean Henri Alphonse (Fons) Wijnen (Lieze (Belgium), June 7, 1912 - Leende, March 7, 2001) was a Dutch soldier.

World War II

Wijnen was born as the eldest in a family of ten children. He married and had two children before World War II broke out. After the war he had two children. During the war he fled as Engelandvaarder, through France and Spain to Britain

Rawagede massacre

After the war he was sent for three years to the Dutch East Indies and served with the Royal Dutch East Indies Army during the Indonesian struggle for independence. Major Wijnen was involved in a major massacre in Rawagede. Despite the recommendation of General Simon Spoor to prosecute major Wijnen, in 1947 Attorney General. H. A. Felderhof decided not to prosecute the responsible major for war crimes.

After the Indonesian war of independence

Major Wijnen was promoted to colonel and appointed battalion commander to the Major General de Ruyter of Steveninck Barracks in Oirschot and later as garrison commander of Eindhoven.

Colonel Wijnen was an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau with swords.

Sources

http://www.wynen.net/memoriam.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArmTheInsane (talk • contribs) 23:13, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This page should not be speedy deleted because...

This is just an easy translation plus addition to it from the Dutch page,

please give your reason for doubt--ArmTheInsane (talk) 23:10, 12 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]