Wilhelmus van den Berg , Willem Berkeveld, Anthony Adrianus van den Biesheuvel, Jacob Bouquet, Albert Bouter, Eugène George Brouwer, Alphonse George Brunet de Rochebrune, Herman Burg, Adrianus Gerardus Consemulder, André Correlje, Henri Hubert André van Crugten, Rudi Dumas, Jan Pieter Evertse, Johannes Petrus Fleuren, Reijer Wijnandus Willem Theodoor van der Gaag, Adrianus Haas, Johannes van den Heuvel, Louis Joseph Marie Hoeberechts, Johannes Hendrikus van der Hoeven, Evert Houthuijzen, Marinus Huismans, Wilhelmus Johannes Huizinga, Johannes Jansen, Adriaan Konings, Jan Thijs van Kooij, Hendrik van der Meer, Jan Frederik Meijer, Hendrik Olivier, Petrus Adrianus Joseph van Oorschot, Theodorus Johannes Peelen, Theodorus Marinus Snijders, Hendricus Soetens, Hans Waldemar Adalbert von Stockhausen, Otto Tergouw, Johan Willem Verhoeven, Klaas Vos, Roelof Hendrik Walda, George Frederik Zegers Veeckens

This is the story of the Nitimei Maru, a Japanese transportship in World War II. Other spellings of the ship are Nishimei,Nichimei, Nitimu. This ship was one of the many socalled 'hellships' because of the unbearable conditions on these ships and abusive treatments by their guards of the allied POW's and slave laborers of the several South East Asian countries, occupied by Japan. They were transported to the several strategic infrastructure projects of the "Sons of the Rising Sun" in violation of the Geneva Convention. All these ships had no markings, indicating that they were transporting POW's. The usual markings would be a red cross on its sides or decks. Consequently they became targets of Allied bombers and submarines, patrolling the sealanes of Southeast Asia. On Januari 15, 1943, the Nitimei Maru was sunk by Allied B24's, based in India, in the Gulf of Martaban by Moulmein, Burma. The ship was transporting primarily over thousands Dutch POW's, Indonesian slave laborers and Japanese engineers for the several Japanese strategic projects in Burma and Siam. Miraculously the ship did not loose too many POW's because the ship was hit at the stern where most of the Japanese were. But 38 Dutch POW's lost their lives. A detailed account of the voyage of this hellship can be read at the links above, including witness accounts of survivors. The purpose of this website is to locate family members of the 38 Dutch victims in order to add their names to the existing Memorial Wall of the Burma-Siam Railroad Memorial on the grounds of the Dutch Colonial Army Museum Bronbeek in the city of Arnhem, Netherlands. If you are a relative or know somebody who is a relative of the listed names, please contact: nitimeimaru@yahoo.com or vons@orange.nl Last Names First Names Date of Birth Place of Birth Place of Death van den Berg Wilhelmus 09-12-1914 Utrecht Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Berkeveld Willem 20-03-1919 Djombang Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru van den Biesheuvel Anthony Adrianus 04-05-1914 Rotterdam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Bouquet Jacob 27-06-1915 Amsterdam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Bouter Albert 25-05-1911 Den Haag Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Brouwer Eugène George 26-02-1916 Soerabaja Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Brunet de Rochebrune Alphonse George 29-11-1895 Batavia Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Burg Herman 13-09-1905 Semarang Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Consemulder Adrianus Gerardus 24-09-1912 Amsterdam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Correlje André 28-03-1918 Rotterdam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Crugten Henri Hubert André 17-09-1907 Maastricht Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Dumas Rudi 25-03-1920 Batavia Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Evertse Jan Pieter 03-03-1903 Haamstede Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Fleuren Johannes Petrus 06-03-1917 Oeffelt Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru van der Gaag Reijer Wijnandus Willem Theodoor 14-09-1915 Utrecht Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru de Haas Adrianus 22-05-1914 Rotterdam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru van den Heuvel Johannes 12-10-1913 Edam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Hoeberechts Louis Joseph Marie 12-08-1902 Maastricht Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru van der Hoeven Johannes Hendrikus 25-01-1914 Rotterdam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Houthuijzen Evert 08-05-1910 Hilversum Gulf of Martaban o/bb Nitimei Maru Huismans Marinus 11-04-1907 Oss Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Huizinga Wilhelmus Johannes 01-12-1913 Wildervank Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Jansen Johannes 22-02-1912 Zutphen Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Konings Adriaan 06-03-1905 Alkmaar Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru van Kooij Jan Thijs 22-01-1922 Cheribon, NOI Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru van der Meer Hendrik 24-08-1915 Haulerwijk Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Meijer Jan Frederik 05-02-1907 Utrecht Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Olivier Hendrik 07-05-1915 Deventer Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru van Oorschot Petrus Adrianus Joseph 11-03-1914 Sint-Oedenrode Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Peelen Theodorus Johannes 18-08-1915 Elst Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Snijders Theodorus Marinus 15-05-1909 Haarlem Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Soetens Hendricus 22-04-1919 Vessem Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru von Stockhausen Hans Waldemar Adalbert 11-12-1902 Salatiga Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Tergouw Otto 20-10-1914 Sittard Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Verhoeven Johan Willem 14-09-1912 Paramaribo, Sur. Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Vos Klaas 03-08-1918 Strijen Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Walda Roelof Hendrik 04-05-1922 Bolsward Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru Zegers Veeckens George Frederik 01-01-1911 Amsterdam Gulf of Martaban o/b Nitimei Maru