Marine: VHK - Marva. The Netherlands Women's Auxiliary Corps was formed in England two years ago.

Marine: VHK - Marva. The Netherlands Women's Auxiliary Corps was formed in England two years ago. Women from all parts of the world have left their homes and families to join in the movement. One of the members even trekked across the wilds of Peru on a donkey to join up. The corps arrivewd somewhere in Belgium on November 15th on the way to Holland. The units consist of field kitchens, canteen cars, ambulances and also lorries for the transport of foodstuffs, essential materials and evacuees. The Corps will be used in devastated areas, and will assist people who have already been evacuated; it will also have an important function when displaced persons who have been deported to Germany are repatriated. A member of the Corps who has come from the West Indies to help in the Dutch war effort. Jeanne? Jane Stift, in 1913 geboren in Haïti, voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog dienend in de Surinaamse weermacht: ,De terugkeer van Jeanne Stift in Suriname, met de Cottica, werd vermeld in Het nieuws : algemeen dagblad d.d. 04-04-1946