|
|
|
|
|
Straelen, Philippus Bernardus Maria van |
|
(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
|
|
Born: 1894, Utrecht, Holland. Died: reported missing Febr. 27, 1942, Java Sea. |
|
|
|
Naval cadet in 1911; officer in the Roy. Dutch Navy, in 1918 serving o/b the ironclad ‘Zeven Provinciën’; in 1942 Captain Commander of the cruiser ‘Java’ which went down in battle with the Japanese; he was posthumously decorated. |
|
|
Herb. Bog. [BO]: > 44 nos from Noesa Kambangan, S of Centr. Java, collected Apr. -May 1918. |
