Pieter Lommerse
Jack Kranenburg in a 1931 Citroën C6 roadster, Shanghai ca. 1937
Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) friend Dorone van den Brandeler worked for Java-China-Japan Line in Shanghai. They shared a 'mess' with other bachelors. During WW2 Dorone van den Brandeler served in Princess Irene Brigade, Corps Insulinde and NEFIS III. After the war he met his wife Jacqueline, whom I met and who shared many stories of the Shanghai and WW2 years and his Shanghai photo album.
This photo shows Jack Kranenburg in a luxury automobile. Because of joining housing, the bachelors could afford things which people back at home in the Netherlands could only dream of. From an internet search, I learned that Jack Kranenburg joined 1st regiment Husars in Amersfoort. As they were both born in 1914 and served the Husar regiment in Amersfoort, I assume that Dorone van den Brandeler and Jack Kranenburg knew each-other before arriving in Shanghai. Jack had finished a study for interpreter/ translator Japanese, worked at Java-China-Japan Line in Kobe and Shanghai and translated at the March 1942 surrendering negotiations of the Netherlands East Indies. He died in November 1943 during Japanese imprisonment.
John Walter Kranenburg (Jack) (1914-43) www.kranenburgia.nl/i-j.asp
With thanks to Casper Friederich of the Antique Automobile Club of America forum for identification of the vehicle.
Courtesy Van den Brandeler-Meyrier family archives
Jack Kranenburg in a 1931 Citroën C6 roadster, Shanghai ca. 1937
Charles Gesner van der Voort's (1916-1991) friend Dorone van den Brandeler worked for Java-China-Japan Line in Shanghai. They shared a 'mess' with other bachelors. During WW2 Dorone van den Brandeler served in Princess Irene Brigade, Corps Insulinde and NEFIS III. After the war he met his wife Jacqueline, whom I met and who shared many stories of the Shanghai and WW2 years and his Shanghai photo album.
This photo shows Jack Kranenburg in a luxury automobile. Because of joining housing, the bachelors could afford things which people back at home in the Netherlands could only dream of. From an internet search, I learned that Jack Kranenburg joined 1st regiment Husars in Amersfoort. As they were both born in 1914 and served the Husar regiment in Amersfoort, I assume that Dorone van den Brandeler and Jack Kranenburg knew each-other before arriving in Shanghai. Jack had finished a study for interpreter/ translator Japanese, worked at Java-China-Japan Line in Kobe and Shanghai and translated at the March 1942 surrendering negotiations of the Netherlands East Indies. He died in November 1943 during Japanese imprisonment.
John Walter Kranenburg (Jack) (1914-43) www.kranenburgia.nl/i-j.asp
With thanks to Casper Friederich of the Antique Automobile Club of America forum for identification of the vehicle.
Courtesy Van den Brandeler-Meyrier family archives