Introduction
In the six dark years of World War Two, from 3 September 1939 to 15 August 1945, a total of 3,687 Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) personnel lost their lives on active service, the majority in  Bomber Command squadrons of the Royal Air Force..... 39 have found a resting place in our province,  the Province of Fryslân, The Netherlands.
Our website is dedicated to all New Zealand airmen, in service of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Royal Air Force or other Allied air forces,  who gave their life for our freedom.

This website was officially launched on ANZAC Day, 25th April, 2012.


Rinze en Jetske de Vries,
Mûnein, Fryslân, The Netherlands

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Depending on the map or satnav system you use when travelling to these locations, names will be either presented in their (official) Frisian language spelling, or in Dutch. Both are given in the table below.
​Please note there are at least two other localities with the name Nes in the province. The cemetery holding New Zealand wargraves is on the Island of Ameland. The other 'Raard' (Raerd) is in the municipalty of Súdwest-Fryslân.

Frisian name	Dutch name
West-Skylge	West-Terschelling
Nes (Amelân)	Nes (Ameland)
Skiermûntseach	Schiermonnikoog
Holwert	Holwerd
Ljouwert	Leeuwarden
Burgum	Burgum (Bergum)
Drachtsterkompenije	Drachtster Compagnie
Nijhoarne	Nieuwehorne
De Lemmer	Lemmer
Raard	Raard

RNZAF Wargraves in
the Netherlands

In the years to come, we aim to visit and photograph all Royal New Zealand Air Force War Graves and Memorials in the Netherlands and present the photographs on this website. In the autumn of 2012, whilst walking the 'Airbornepad', the long-distance walk from Lommel (Belgium) to Arnhem, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Cemeteries of Mook, Groesbeek Nijmegen and Oosterbeek were visited.
The first photographs are on:

Netherlands - New Zealand War Graves

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